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Jeff Elphee

Jeff Elphee

Partner

Uxbridge

Bio

Jeff is a Commercial Real Estate Partner.

Jeff has extensive experience in all areas of real estate, specialising in major transactions for funds, developers, and institutional clients.

His areas of expertise include commercial acquisitions and disposals, leasing strategy for landlords and occupiers, investment transactions and funding support, and real estate aspects of corporate deals.

With a particular focus on the financial, professional services, industrial, transport, and support services sectors, Jeff regularly works with investment portfolios, trading companies, and charities to deliver strategic advice across a range of real estate matters spanning acquisitions, disposals, and asset management.

Examples of Jeff’s work include:

  • Acting for Aviva in relation to the estate management preparation and eventual surrender of their landmark building which had served as their London headquarters since the 1970s, and supporting them in taking several leases in a recently-constructed building to serve as their new central London headquarters.
  • Acting for Aviva to secure their future rights to occupy their regional headquarters in Norwich, including options for multiple further leases, complicated partial hand-back provisions, and arrangements to facilitate the progress of their net-zero agenda.
  • Acting for Aviva in leading the team in relation to the review of material real estate issues on a portfolio of properties acquired as part of the Direct Line acquisition.
  • Acting for Renault on the disposal for development of their UK headquarters site in London which included covering off environmental liability.
  • Acting for Renault on the leasehold acquisition of flagship premises in Park Lane to promote the ‘Alpine’ brand.
  • Acting for Patek Philippe in connection with leases to secure their strategic ongoing presence in New Bond Street.
  • Acting for the Berry BMW Group on the property aspects of acquiring several dealership sites around West London.
  • Acting on the phased disposal of a large garden centre and nursery site in West London.
  • Acting on the grant of leases of storage and distribution space and a waste transfer station on a strategic West London estate, and supporting on the subsequent sale to a major developer for in excess of £100 million.
  • Acting for a family fund on the purchase of a site in central London for a development located above London Underground station and tunnel infrastructure.