Bio
Rebecca is a Commercial Real Estate Partner.
Rebecca has experience in a range of commercial property transactions. She deals with general sales and acquisitions of both freehold and leasehold properties, including large portfolio sales. She also has experience in re-financing transactions.
Rebecca assists clients with landlord and tenant matters (such as leases, surrenders, re-gears and other asset management work), development work (including option agreements and other strategic land agreements, all the way through to plot sales support).
With prior experience in planning law, she also assists with work relating to Section 106 agreements, unilateral undertakings, Section 38 agreements and Section 104 agreements.
Rebecca acts for Oxford Colleges, high street retail tenants, commercial landlords and tenants, private utilities companies, residential and commercial developers, local authorities, property investment businesses, tech companies and start-ups, landowners, and individuals.
Examples of Rebecca’s work include:
- Completing a lease with an upfront £300,000 compensation for potential loss in the event of a landlord break clause activated by a compulsory purchase order on a shopping centre.
- Successfully avoiding a £70,000 break penalty (by way of a retail surrender and re-grant) and achieving more favourable lease terms in a tight timeframe.
- Assisting with negotiating terms between county and district councils, multiple developers and landowners for a section 106 agreement relating to a 4,254 unit residential development.