James Cottrell > Taylor Walton LLP > Luton, England > Lawyer Profile

Taylor Walton LLP
28-44 ALMA STREET
LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE
LU1 2PL
England

Work Department

Head of Commercial Real Estate.

Position

Partner and Head of Commercial Property, specialising in acquisition, site assembly and disposal of residential and commercial developments sites, including financing, freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant work, and general financing work.

Career

Trained at Taylor Walton LLP; qualified in 2004; made a salaried partner at Taylor Walton LLP in 2013 before becoming an equity partner in 2019; Head of Commercial Real Estate in 2021.

Education

Westcliff High School for Boys; Keele University (LLB, 2001); College of Law (2002).

Leisure

Football, skiiing, cycling and spending time with his young family.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

In Luton, the ‘very efficient‘ team at Taylor Walton LLP has ‘great knowledge‘ of leasehold extensions and enfranchisement work, in addition to land and property development issues. Practice head James Cottrell frequently acts for developers, having ‘excellent knowledge‘ of site financings, disposals and acquisitions. Dermot Carey has longstanding expertise in option, promotion and overage agreements, in addition to land and site assembly issues; while the ‘truly exceptionalJames Khakpour-Smith frequently advises overseas traders and property investors on commercial acquisitions and corporate support issues from the St Albans office.