Bio
Megan is a Commercial Real Estate Associate.
Megan advises across a broad range of real estate transactions, with particular expertise advising pharmacies, dental practices and investors in the healthcare sector.
Her expertise spans the preparation, negotiation and completion of commercial leases, licences, option agreements, pre-emption agreements, access licences, rent deposit deeds, conditional and unconditional contracts, lease renewals, surrenders, surrender and re-grants, and deeds of variation. She also regularly advises on high-value freehold and leasehold acquisitions, disposals, refinances and wider asset management matters.
Alongside standalone real estate transactions, Megan supports on the property aspects of corporate transactions (in particular, dental and pharmacy transactions). This includes negotiating and advising on the real estate provisions within business and share purchase agreements, managing property due diligence exercises and data rooms, liaising with third-party landlords to obtain consent to assignments and other transactional requirements, and coordinating with lenders to satisfy property-related conditions.
She works with a diverse client base ranging from start-ups and SMEs to PLCs, as well as individuals, Self-invested Personal Pension (SIPP) providers, commercial landlords, tenants and property investors.
Examples of Megan’s work include:
- Enabling a client to sell multiple pharmacies, including liaising with third-party landlords and negotiating and drafting deeds of surrender, new leases, licences to assign, rent deposit deeds, deeds of variation, and licences to charge.
- Carrying out due diligence on the acquisition of various pharmacies and advising on the bank’s security requirements within a tight deadline.
- Facilitating the refinance of a client’s investment property within a tight deadline to enable them to avoid their existing mortgage rate increasing.
- Advising a dental client on the acquisition of a mixed-use property to enable them to expand their current practice, including supporting the client o structure the deal so that they were able to hold the freehold in an investment company, and grant a long commercial lease back to the SIPP.