Andrew Steele > Stevens & Bolton LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Stevens & Bolton LLP
WEY HOUSE
FARNHAM ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU1 4YD
England

Work Department

Real estate.

Position

Partner and head of the commercial property department. Andrew deals with all aspects of commercial property, with particular focus on occupiers, developers and banks financing investment purchases and development sites; head of corporate support; has acted on numerous complex and high-value transactions. Acts for clients in the aviation, retail and leisure, franchising and healthcare sectors.

Career

Trained Robson McLean; qualified Scotland 1996; England and Wales 1997; New South Wales 2002; solicitor Freshfields 1996-2000; Finers Stephens Innocent 2000-01; senior associate Freehills, Sydney 2001-03; associate Stevens & Bolton LLP 2003-06; partner 2006 to date; head of real estate 2016 to date;

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland.

Education

Hutcheson’s Grammar School; University of Edinburgh (1993 LLP Hons; 1994 DIPLP).

Leisure

Golf, skiing, other sports.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

(Leading individuals)

Andrew SteeleStevens & Bolton LLP

Stevens & Bolton LLP’s commercial property team in Guildford is ‘capable’, ‘personable and flexible’, and is known for advising on the full spectrum of commercial property issues in the education, retail, hospitality, healthcare and industrial and logistics sectors. Instructed by various clients from private individuals to FTSE 100 companies, the team is led by the ‘very personable and capable’ Andrew Steele, who has experience in handling diverse assets including nurseries, car dealerships and warehouses. Alex Watt often handles development and regeneration work, complicated option, promotion and overage arrangements, and investment properties. Sarah Cardew, who was previously at Irwin Mitchell, joined the firm in October 2022, bringing expertise in real estate and construction tax matters.