Gwyneth Heritage acted for Hollins Murray Group in their acquisition of the 12,000 sq ft Winstanley Shopping Centre in Wigan, with tenants including the Co-operative and Boots. HMG acquired the asset for an undisclosed sum using cash resources. Winstanley joins the Gerard Centre, Wigan and West Heath Shopping Centre, Congleton in HMG's portfolio.
Land Law acted for Silver Street Holdings which has completed the sale of 1 Yates Street in Oldham to the Oldham Unit of the Sea Cadets. The Sea Cadets have relocated from their former Derker Annex premises, which have been the subject of a CPO by Oldham Council as part of the Government's controversial pathfinder housing scheme. The transaction also involved a restructure of Silver Street Holdings' head lease of the building with landlord Oldham Council to pave the way for the Sea Cadet's use of the Property.
On Saturday 26 November Andrew Stone of Land Law competed in 'Dancing Strictly', a charity dance event based on Strictly Come Dancing. Andrew, an experienced dancer, competed with a novice partner against 9 other couples to raise money for various local charities, including the Christie Charitable Fund. Andrew and his partner won the event, which raised over £20,000.
Nicholas Illyr Pride has joined Land Law LLP having previously worked for DLA Piper in Sheffield and specialises in property litigation. He has extensive experience of all aspects of property litigation including landlord and tenant issues, acquisition and disposal advice, site assembly projects, development work and property management. Illyr has acted for a wide range of clients such as PLCs, property investors, housebuilders, developers, portfolio managers, landlords and tenants.
Land Law LLP has retained its position as a leading real estate firm in the 2012 Edition of the Chambers and Partners guide to the legal profession. Managing Partner Angus Whyte is a top-ranked practitioner and there is also a new entry for partner Helen Davidson.
Angus founded Land Law in 1998 with the strongly held belief that it should be possible to deliver city centre quality legal services to clients for fair and reasonable fees by cutting past the bureaucracy and overheads which plague larger firms. By adopting a highly innovative and visionary approach to working practices and the use of IT Angus has turned this belief into the successful firm which Land Law is today.
From the very start Angus saw the huge potential for improving the legal services which could be offered by embracing emerging technology. Clever use of IT means Land Law is able to offer exceptional services to its clients through its website portal, which has been developed to allow clients online access to all their files and documents with only minimal set up costs to the firm. Many clients now rely on Land Law's online deeds stores and portfolio managers to assist them in the management of their properties and completion of their transactions and consider this just one way in which Land Law provides them with added value.
Angus's strong commitment to his staff and to providing the Land Law lawyers with the best administrative support possible also means that Angus has also achieved his aim of making Land Law a great place to work - a fact which is testified by its growth over the past years to its current size of 30 individuals. Good work life balance is encouraged and the firm does as much as it can to show appreciation to its staff whenever possible.
When not running the firm, Angus deals in all aspects of the acquisition, development, management and disposal of a wide range of commercial properties, acting principally for landlords and developers. Angus has a loyal client following, many of whom have been with him since the inception of Land Law, and many of whom Angus counts as friends.
Recently Angus has acted on the due diligence aspects on a takeover bid for a plc client with a 180 property portfolio fully utilising the electronic database put in place. During the recession he has worked closely with existing and new clients to exploit opportunities created by difficult trading conditions.
Before setting up Land Law Angus trained and qualified at Freshfields in 1989 before joining Addleshaw Sons and Latham (now Addleshaw Goddard LLP) in 1993, becoming a partner in 1996.
Angus is ranked as a Band 1 'leader in the field' by Chambers and Partners Guide 2012. His citation states: The "highly experienced" Angus Whyte "delivers a really good service" with his "targeted advice," clients say. He advises landlords and developers on the acquisition, disposal, development and management of commercial properties.
Angus can be contacted at: awhyte@land-law.co.uk
