Commercial Property
Daniel Fairs
Partner
Daniel specialises in a wide range of commercial property transactions, such as:
Acting on sales and acquisitions of commercial property in England and Wales
Acting for land owners and developers and promoters in promotion agreements, option agreements, overage agreements and conditional agreements
Negotiating and advising landlords and tenants in relation to new and existing leases
Advising landlords and tenants in relation to lease renewals, lease surrenders, lease extensions and under-lettings
Acting for banks, private lenders and borrowers in connection with development loans and general financing for working capital which is then secured against land and property
Lucy Beck
Senior Associate
Lucy joined Tees in 2021 as an Associate Solicitor in the Commercial Property Department. She qualified as a solicitor in 2017 and has worked in the South Essex area for the whole of her post-qualified career.
She has a vast range of property experience, including:
Asset site acquisitions and disposals
All aspects of Landlord and Tenant matters and asset management
Strategic land development schemes including option agreements, conditional contracts, clawback/overage agreements, promotion agreements
Secured lending and refinancing of portfolios, including bridging finance with experience acting for borrowers, lenders only and dual representation
Acting for charities on a wide range of property related matters
Deals
- Advising on the sale of a multi let London industrial estate for a sale price in excess of £40 million
- Advising on the sale of a London brown field site conditional upon planning consent being obtained for student housing for a sale price in excess of £12 million
- Advising a property investor and development client on an acquisition of a site for forward selling of strategic parts, continued leasehold advice for both commercial and industrial stock, plot sales and financing an estate, to a total value of over £20 million.
Team Services
With 6 partners and 18 lawyers in our top-tier Legal 500 commercial property practice, you can be sure our ability is second-to-none. We specialise in commercial property and land deals, renewable energy, telecommunications, plus commercial leases and property portfolio management.
Our specialist legal commercial property services:
- Advice for landowners - housing development, renewable energy schemes, installing mobile phone masts, managing land option agreements and promotion agreements
- Advice for land developers - covering the whole process: from contracts to collaboration agreements - right through to site development and plot disposal.
- Property acquisitions and disposals - buying, selling, leasing, sub-letting of offices, industrial or retail sites, property portfolio management and managing joint venture schemes.
- Commercial leases - renewals, assignments, sub-lettings, surrenders, dilapidations and disputes
- Joint ventures and collaboration agreements - both for developers and landowners
- Healthcare property - helping NHS Foundation trusts, GPs and dentists manage their private premises
- Social housing - contracts to manage tenancies for social housing.
- Property finance - research on asset and development funding to finance commercial property
- Telecommunications - contracts and leases to rent space for a phone mast to telecoms firms
- Mineral extraction - legal advice regarding complex planning and tax rules governing the mineral extraction industry
- Renewable energy - wind, solar, wave, biomass or ground source energy - advice on all the financial, legal and technical considerations.
Awards and Recognition
Finalist- Technology Team of the Year Award 2022
Tees has been announced as a finalist in the Technology Team of the Year category in the British Legal Technology Awards 2022.