Ruth Boulton > Debenhams Ottaway > Radlett, England > Lawyer Profile
Debenhams Ottaway Offices
48 WATLING STREET
RADLETT
WD7 7NN
England
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Ruth Boulton
Work Department
Commercial property.
Position
Ruth is a partner and the head of the property team. She specialises in all types of commercial property including landlord and tenant, freehold and leasehold sales and purchases and secured lending work. Ruth is experienced at dealing with a range of transactions from complex and high-value multi-million-pound sales and purchases to simple leasehold matters. She handles sales and acquisitions, investment and owner-occupied commercial property, portfolio management and property aspects of company sales and purchases. She acts for a wide range of clients from large corporates and banks to private individuals, retailers, investors, public bodies and developers.
Career
Trained at Thomas Eggar LLP; Qualified 1995 and made partner in 2000; Joined Debenhams Ottaway and made partner in 2011.
Memberships
Notary Society.
Education
Claremont High School, London Borough of Brent; Homerton College, Cambridge (B.Ed (Hons) in Theology and Education); Nottingham University (MBA in Legal Practice, Distinction).
Leisure
Ruth enjoys skiing and (when she has time) baking and reading. Her stated ambition is to win the Great British Bake Off.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Leading individuals)The ‘five-star‘ team at Debenhams Ottaway handles a myriad of matters, including owner-occupied property purchases, secured lending work, and landlord and tenant issues. Ruth Boulton leads the practice alongside Jonathan Foy from Radlett and St Albans respectively. Boulton has significant experience in advising owner-managed businesses and banks on high-value residential issues, while Foy handles leases for major corporate occupiers. St Alban’s Neil Mercer advises a variety of clients, with an ‘excellent understanding‘ of consortium agreements and development deals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery