Julia Sanderson

Julia advises a broad range of commercial and residential real estate clients on both complex and day-to-day property matters.

She works with property asset companies, portfolio and property management companies, residents’ management companies, professional landlords and tenants, as well as institutional investors, pension funds, offshore investment companies, corporate occupiers and lenders.

Julia advises on acquisitions, disposals, asset management and leasehold enfranchisement matters, and she is regularly instructed on both transactional work and ongoing portfolio management for a diverse client base.

Examples of Julia’s work include:

• Advising landlord and management company clients on tenant applications for alterations, including detailed covenant analysis and risk assessment where proposed works may breach lease terms, and securing bespoke indemnity insurance (including Duval indemnity cover) in relation to retrospective breaches, together with strategic advice on enforcement options, risk mitigation and lease compliance.
• Acting for a landlord on a series of lease extensions at a single property, where multiple tenant claims were progressed collectively through the Tribunal for determination of premium and terms, including coordinating and completing a number of lease extensions simultaneously and advising on the lease documentation, statutory compliance and completion mechanics across all units.
• Negotiating planning-related change of use variations across eight commercial leases within a single estate on behalf of a landlord, including reviewing existing lease terms and agreeing amendments to user and alienation provisions to align with revised planning use and the landlord’s wider asset management strategy.
• Acting on the acquisition of the superior leasehold interest in a development comprising 225 residential units and an electricity substation in a prime Birmingham location, working to a tight deadline and coordinating multiple stakeholders to meet a compressed transaction timetable.
• Advising on a licence for alterations and a supplemental airspace lease in connection with works to a leasehold property, including negotiating terms to facilitate development while protecting the landlord’s position and ensuring compliance with the existing lease structure.