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Wedlake Bell LLP Offices
71 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4AY
England
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Kim Lalli
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 Limited (a Singapore listed company),
Antler Homes, City & Country Group, Lodha Group, Spire Healthcare, and BUPA.
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.
Recent acquisitions for residential development include the former Teddington Film
Studios, the Stag Brewery in Mortlake, two former MoD barracks sites, and part of a
hospital site owned by the NHS.
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.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment
Praised for its ‘diligent attention to detail, personal relationship management and depth of experience across the team’, City firm Wedlake Bell LLP acts for a wide range of domestic and international corporate buyers and funds in investment transactions. Led by David De Maupeou, the real estate group is noted for its capability in residential development projects, as well as mixed-use and business park schemes, with Kim Lalli being a key contact in this space, particularly for housebuilders and healthcare providers. David Roberts
has considerable experience in investments arising out of the retail and logistics sectors, while Sarah Blunn and Suzanne Gill, who is commended for her ‘razor sharp mind’, are key contacts for corporate occupier matters.
London > Real estate > Commercial property: development
Praised for its ‘diligent attention to detail, personal relationship management and depth of experience across the team’, City firm Wedlake Bell LLP acts for a wide range of domestic and international corporate buyers and funds in investment transactions. Led by David De Maupeou, the real estate group is noted for its capability in residential development projects, as well as mixed-use and business park schemes, with Kim Lalli being a key contact in this space, particularly for housebuilders and healthcare providers. David Roberts has considerable experience in investments arising out of the retail and logistics sectors, while Sarah Blunn and Suzanne Gill, who is commended for her ‘razor sharp mind’, are key contacts for corporate occupier matters.
London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
Praised for its ‘diligent attention to detail, personal relationship management and depth of experience across the team’, City firm Wedlake Bell LLP acts for a wide range of domestic and international corporate buyers and funds in investment transactions. Led by David De Maupeou, the real estate group is noted for its capability in residential development projects, as well as mixed-use and business park schemes, with Kim Lalli being a key contact in this space, particularly for housebuilders and healthcare providers. David Roberts has considerable experience in investments arising out of the retail and logistics sectors, while Sarah Blunn and Suzanne Gill, who is commended for her ‘razor sharp mind’, are key contacts for corporate occupier matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial property: corporate occupiers - London > Real estate
- Commercial property: investment - London > Real estate
- Commercial property: development - London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: smaller deals, up to £50m
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Employers