Sean Bulman > Davitt Jones Bould > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Davitt Jones Bould
LEVEL 24, THE SHARD
32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
SE1 9SG
England

Work Department

Commercial Property

Position

Partner

Career

Sean is a specialist commercial property solicitor with over 20 years’ experience.  Clients regularly choose Sean to be the lead lawyer on their major projects and for the management of their estates.  He has undertaken this role for Vodafone, TV celebrity chef Rick Stein, The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and technology giant Fujifilm.

 Sean has a reputation amongst our clients for being an exceptional project manager who always ensures the team delivers the right results on time.   Sean is a leading lawyer in the Legal 500.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Commercial property
Development / regeneration
Landlord and tenant
Telecommunications

WORK HIGHLIGHTS​

Highlights include advising:

  • TV Celebrity Chef Rick Stein’s Restaurant Group on their estates management work, including advising on the acquisition of their first London restaurant.

  • A local authority’s arms length investment company on numerous multimillion pound acquisitions including hotels, retail parks, distribution centres and more.

  • An investment company on their rental streams during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Surrey County Council on their multistage development of the new emergency services centre in Crawley.

  • Estates management advice to Fujifilm UK, including securing a lease for their first experience centre in Covent Garden.

  • A major UK storage company in relation to all the property transactions involved in the sale of the company, including the transfer of 12 large industrial units located across England.

Year admitted:  1993

Previously a Partner and the Head of Corporate Real Estate at Osborne Clarke.

Languages

English

Memberships

SRA number:  159840

Education

University of Bristol, Law (LLB)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers

Noted for its expertise advising on corporate occupier and development mandates across the capital, Davitt Jones Bould is praised for providing ‘excellent service across the board’. Madeleine Davitt, Peter Allinson, and John Condliffe lead the team and the latter is knowledgeable of distribution hub developments and lease liabilities. Teresa Kamppari Baker often assists developers and hotel companies, as well as leisure and retail operators, while Louisa Swanton is seasoned in renewable energy projects and rural property transactions. Gillian Lewis, Sean Bulman and Philippa Hipwell are adept in development, in addition to landlord and tenant mandates, and Melanie Greer-Walker caters to business sales and purchases, portfolio management and refinancing matters. Mary Anderson is an expert in property finance and banking.

London > Real estate > Commercial property: development

Noted for its expertise advising on corporate occupier and development mandates across the capital, Davitt Jones Bould is praised for providing ‘excellent service across the board’. Madeleine Davitt, Peter Allinson, and John Condliffe lead the team and the latter is knowledgeable of distribution hub developments and lease liabilities. Teresa Kamppari Baker often assists developers and hotel companies, as well as leisure and retail operators, while Louisa Swanton is seasoned in renewable energy projects and rural property transactions. Gillian Lewis, Sean Bulman and Philippa Hipwell are adept in development, in addition to landlord and tenant mandates, and Melanie Greer-Walker caters to business sales and purchases, portfolio management and refinancing matters. Mary Anderson is an expert in property finance and banking.

London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment

Noted for its expertise advising on corporate occupier and development mandates across the capital, Davitt Jones Bould is praised for providing ‘excellent service across the board’. Madeleine Davitt, Peter Allinson, and John Condliffe lead the team and the latter is knowledgeable of distribution hub developments and lease liabilities. Teresa Kamppari Baker often assists developers and hotel companies, as well as leisure and retail operators, while Louisa Swanton is seasoned in renewable energy projects and rural property transactions. Gillian Lewis, Sean Bulman and Philippa Hipwell are adept in development, in addition to landlord and tenant mandates, and Melanie Greer-Walker caters to business sales and purchases, portfolio management and refinancing matters. Mary Anderson is an expert in property finance and banking.