James Vernon-Stroud > Davitt Jones Bould > London, England > Lawyer Profile

James Vernon-Stroud is a commercial property specialist with experience of estate management, development and finance transactions and project managing large scale cross border transactions. James is experienced in advising corporations, property investors and high-net-worth individuals.   He joined DJB from Squire Sanders & Dempsey (now part of Hammonds), where he was the Head of Real Estate.  Prior to this he worked for firms including Eversheds and Burges Salmon.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Commercial Property
Development / regeneration
Landlord and Tenan

WORK HIGHLIGHTS: 

Highlights include advising:

• A major UK shopping centre fund on its formulation and subsequent management of several of the UK’s largest and best known shopping centres.

• The Cabinet Office on a complex landlord and tenant case relating to one of their offices.

• A Local Authority as trustee of a metropolitan authority’s Pension Fund in all aspects of its investment purchases, disposals and portfolio management.

• Acting for a UK based Plc listed in London on all aspects of its property portfolio.

• Acting for a well-known London based restaurant group in the acquisition of its new flagship restaurant at Canary Wharf.

• Local Authority in respect of its CPO and real estate work in relation to the Metro tramway between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.