Claudia Le Gros

Claudia advises both private and public sector clients on a wide range of commercial property and land transactions, with particular expertise in development and investment matters. She works with clients across a variety of sectors.

Working closely with local and regional property developers throughout England and Wales, she has extensive experience supporting projects through the full lifecycle of a development site, from initial site identification and acquisition through to development, completion, and eventual disposal. She regularly undertakes comprehensive legal due diligence and prepares detailed ‘red flag’ reports, enabling clients to identify and address potential legal risks and opportunities at an early stage.

Claudia advises on complex title matters, including rights and easements, restrictive covenants, overage arrangements, and other issues that may affect development potential.

She also has experience in acting on acquisitions both with and without development funding, and frequently collaborates with lenders, planning consultants, surveyors, and other professional advisers to help projects progress smoothly.

She also advises on, and negotiates, development agreements, option agreements, promotion agreements and a range of ancillary property documentation while helping clients manage risk.

Examples of Claudia’s work include:

• Advising landowner on all aspects for a large-scale development with a national housebuilder, including drafting and negotiating security documents to protect staged payments.
• Acting for a regular client on the refinance of a £7 million co-living development.
• Providing real estate support to corporate team on sale of a residential development company to a larger regional housebuilder.
• Advising a group of landowners embarking on a collaborative deal with a national housebuilder on a conditional deal across their ownership boundaries including negotiating the Landowners Agreement between the parties.