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Derek WilliamPractice Areas   Real Estate

Real Estate is a core areas of business for S.G.H, and one which is rapidly expanding. Our Real Estate Services Division provides assistance across the full spectrum of the commercial property industry including:

  • Property Litigation
  • Debt Recovery
  • Regeneration and Development
  • Procurement Strategies
  • Private Finance Initiatives and Public/Private Partnership Projects
  • Commercial and Residential Acquisitions and Disposals
  • All Property Transactions

Our Expertise

We act for a range of high-profile private sector property companies and funds including several large leisure industry clients. We have particular experience in the leisure industry, but also advise public sector and other business clients on all kinds of property matters . Our involvement with a wide range of property issues means that we have an in-depth understanding of the property market.

Our Approach

Our clients benefit from a committed, personal approach with an unusually high degree of partner involvement in all transactions. We operate rigorous quality control procedures, including a periodic independent file review system to check that our quality standards are maintained. Each client’s business is important to us, and we aim to provide an excellent service, meeting the highest quality standards in the industry, at competitive rates. We have long and wide-ranging experience in all aspects of commercial property and our reputation continues to grow.

We are able to offer our property clients a service to suit all their needs, large or small. Our recent expansion enables us to respond as a team where necessary, drawing together the expertise needed to bring about results you seek. Partners who are well known and respected in their fields run every team. Our aim is to avoid litigation and wherever possible, we will apply our drafting experience and negotiating skills to avoid or resolve difficulties without the need for court proceedings. However, should the need arise, we will involve our highly respected litigators, who are considered to have more direct court experience than any other similar group in the country.

The general practice areas within the Real Estate Division are:

  • Commercial Property
  • Commercial Property Litigation
  • Residential, Leasehold and Housing
  • Services To Lenders
  • Construction

The Division consists of 9 partners, a senior consultant, a litigation manager, assistant solicitors, legal executives, paralegals, and secretarial and other support.

The firm also has an established reputation in insolvency, which represents another core area of the S.G.H. business. The Real Estate Services Division has close links with insolvency and company and commercial law groups within the firm, enabling us to deliver a complete service to our clients.

Reported Cases Include:
  • Inntrepreneur v Mason (1993)2 EGLR 189 -forfeiture/test for summary judgment;
  • Inntrepreneur v Boyes (1993)2 EGLR 112 -forfeiture/severance;
  • Little v Courage [1995 ] TLR 04.01.95 --enforcement of option provisions in a lease;
  • Star Rider v Inntrepreneur [1998 ] 16 EG 140 --construction of"anti-set off"provisions in a lease;
  • Mortgage Corporation v Ubah The Times [March 1998 ];
  • Inntrepreneur Pub Co (CPC Ltd)v Haigh &Raper [1998 ] EGCS 171 -- forfeiture/set off provisions ;
  • Passmore v Moreland plc (1999)EGLR Ð lease provisions and E..C competition law;
  • Inntrepreneur v Price (1999)EGLR -lease rent review;
  • Inntrepreneur Pub Co (CPC)Ltd v Langton (2000)1EGLR 24,TLR 10.11.99 -relief from forfeiture;
  • Ropac Ltd v Inntrepreneur Pub Co (CPC)Ltd 2001 C.P.Rep 31 interpretation of CPR;
  • Byrne v Tibsco ,Plummer v Tibsco 2000 I.C.R.509;options/ european competition law;
  • Inntrepreneur Pub Co Ltd v East Crown Ltd 2000 2 Lloyds Rep 611, 2000 3 EGLR 31.-entire agreements clauses in leases
  • Courage Ltd v Crehan 1 [1998 ] EGCS 171((No 2)(1999)UK CLR 407, (1999)/EuLR409/2003;-beer tie/european competition law;
  • Crehan v Courage (2)(2004)23 EG 120 (CS)(2003)27 EG 138 (CS)
  • Unique Pub Properties Ltd v Beer Barrels &Minerals (Wales)Ltd CA:LTL 14/5/2004 -beer tie/grounds for summary judgment.

Contact
For further information, please contact:

Derek Williams Derek Williams
Partner
020 7544 5653
derekw@sghlaw.com

Carmela Iguanta Carmela Iguanta
Partner
020 7544 5643
carmelai@sghlaw.com

David Bailey

David Bailey
Partner
020 7544 5585
davidb@sghlaw.com


Michael Shapiro Michael Shapiro
Partner
020 7544 5688
michaels@sghlaw.com



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Derek Williams
Carmela Iguanta
David Bailey
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Related Practice Areas

-Commercial Property
-Leisure & Property Management
-Landlord & Tenant



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