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.
Ros is a transactional lawyer who deals with all aspects of her client's operational holdings in commercial real estate.
Ros has specific expertise and chiefly deals with:
- acquisitions, lettings and disposals of commercial properties;
- property management work, including the detailed management of multi-tenanted estates;
- the property aspects of business acquisitions and disposals.
Ros acts for a wide range of clients including multinational corporations, property investment companies, property developers and private individuals. She has a wide breadth of experience including in the transport and retail sectors and in acting for local authorities.
Recently, Ros has been acting on an acquisition of a prime investment property in a top location in Chester (which was completed within two weeks of the heads of terms being agreed).
Ros is also advising US medical products manufacturer Thermo Fisher Scientific on its acquisition of and relocation to its new cancer diagnostics and chemical separation facility in Runcorn.
Ros joined Land Law in 2007. Prior to joining Land Law, Ros was a senior associate at the Manchester office of Addleshaw Goddard, having first spent the early years of her career working at Clifford Chance.
Ros can be contacted at: rhowarth@land-law.co.uk