Lavinia Ormerod

Lavinia advises landowners, investors and developers on a broad range of commercial real estate matters across a range of sectors, including retail, distribution, office and industrial.

Her expertise encompasses the acquisition, disposal and strategic management of commercial property portfolios, as well as advising on development projects and providing commercial property support to corporate transactions.

Lavinia’s investor-led work focuses on asset management, development work and landlord and tenant matters, with extensive experience in the asset management of investment portfolios and, in particular, large business parks – including advising on complex lease negotiations, regears, renewals, surrender and portfolio management initiatives.

Examples of Lavinia’s work include:

• Assisting a major landowner with the complex joint venture development of a large mixed-use site to create a new innovation district in Oxford.
• Supporting with the ongoing asset management of a group of large business parks in the South East.
• Acting on behalf of a landlord in the development of a significant film studios complex in the Thames Valley.
• Securing an option to buy a multi-million pound warehouse on behalf of a major UK food importer and negotiating terms for development following the grant of planning permission;
• Acquiring a large industrial estate in Hampshire on behalf of a UK pension fund and overseeing its subsequent management;
• Acting for an international property developer in the acquisition of two landmark buildings on Brighton Marina and the subsequent off-plan sale of the residential flats within those buildings;
• Working with a multi-national building materials company in the sale of a large area of land in Kent to make way for the development of a theme park by London Paramount Resort.
• Providing commercial property support for a complex corporate sale of large commercial property investment portfolio for an investor client.