Bio
Tonina is a Commercial Real Estate Partner.
Tonina specialsies in secured lending, property development and asset management, landlord and tenant matters, investment property acquisition and disposal, and site set-up.
Her areas of expertise include acquisition and disposal of commercial properties; disposal of development sites for commercial, residential and mixed uses; land promotion agreements for large landowners; leasing of commercial properties for landlords with portfolios of investment properties and all associated management documents; Landlord and Tenant Act proceedings for termination and renewal of leases for landlords and tenants; real estate finance for owner-managed properties and businesses; purchase and management of agricultural and rural land and ancillary services relating to farm tenancies; and infrastructure projects to enable development sites to be unlocked.
Tonina works with property developers, lenders, property portfolio managers, and high-net-worth individuals operating across sectors ranging from retail to insurance, alongisde small property investors.
Examples of Tonina’s work include:
- Representing a new tenant client on the grant of a lease of part of a newly-constructed prestige building in London at a high rent and complex development arrangements.
- Advising on the disposal of site under construction in city centre with site constraints.
- Assisting the disposal of a large development site to a well-known house builder with overage and options and planning complexities.
- Representing client on high-value leases on out-of-town retail parks.
- Supporting site assembly, forward sale, and leasing of parts of a mixed-use development site prior to planning permission being obtained.
- Advising on assembling land for a proposed major road improvement and infrastructure agreement to allow planning permission to be implemented on an adjacent development site.