Andrew Steele > Stevens & Bolton LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Stevens & Bolton LLP Offices
WEY HOUSE
FARNHAM ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU1 4YD
England
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Andrew Steele
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 partners)The ‘knowledgeable and experienced‘ team at Stevens & Bolton LLP, which is based in Guildford, is led by Andrew Steele, who is described as a ‘pleasure to work with‘. The practice advises an impressive roster of clients, including developers, investors, funders and corporate occupiers, across key areas of work including acquisitions, disposals, developments, funding issues and lettings, with particular experience in the retail, industrial, logistics, education and primary healthcare sectors. Alex Watt is recommended for his ‘extensive knowledge of property law‘ with experience in development and regeneration work, including option, promotion and overage arrangements. Joanne Purnell is well regarded for her leasehold, development and finance experience.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex South East > Real estate
- Leading partners South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation