Kim Lalli > Wedlake Bell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Wedlake Bell LLP
71 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4AY
England

Work Department

Commercial property.

Position

Kim’s particular expertise is in property development transactions, whether acquisitions or disposals. Clients include house builders and healthcare providers such as CALA Homes, Dandara Group, City Developments, Antler Homes and Spire Healthcare.

Kim has advised on the acquisition and disposal (including disposal strategy and advice given throughout the development stages) of residential and mixed-use developments, with development values exceeding £400m in some cases. Acquisitions are often on a conditional on planning basis, and may be on a deferred payment/staged basis, often with overage provisions. She also deals with strategic land transactions (including promotion agreements and options), and the disposal of affordable housing.

Career

Kim joined Wedlake Bell as a Partner in February 2003. She qualified as a solicitor in 1989, having trained at Davies Arnold  Cooper, and then  moved  to merchant  bank Hill Samuel  as a Legal Adviser  to  the property finance  team. Kim then joined Frere Cholmeley Bischoff and was subsequently a Partner in the Commercial Property team at Forsters.

Languages

Fluent Hindi and Punjabi.

Memberships

Investment Property Forum.

Education

LLB Birmingham University (1982).

Leisure

Reading, travel, cinema.