Commercial property law is a complex and ever-changing legal minefield. When you are involved in commercial property transactions – whether as an owner, occupier, investor or developer, we will be by your side with swift and accurate legal advice.
How we can help you with commercial property law
Our growing, well–regarded and highly successful commercial property law solicitors provide an end–to–end service, from finding an opportunity and acquiring it, building, fitting out and financing the project, right through to disposing of the property for investment purposes. The Hay & Kilner commercial property law team has built an impressive reputation for their sector expertise, commercial impact and unrivalled levels of client service.
Commercial property law experts
Our expert team of commercial property solicitors deliver a quality assured service, taking the time to focus on your business needs and objectives to secure you the right result. We pride ourselves on our longstanding client relationships of over 40 years, which demonstrate our ability to deliver consistently high levels of advice and service for all areas within the commercial property law.
Our partner-led approach means that your matter will always be looked after by our most experienced commercial property lawyers and unlike many other law firms, when we say partner-led, we mean it! This gives you the confidence that we will be there when you need us to ensure your transaction runs smoothly and with minimum risk.
And because we are a full-service firm, you have easy access to our construction, corporate, commercial, corporate recovery and property litigation experts and our wider circle of property professional friends who we work with on a wide range of property transactions.
We have a proven track record of offering commercially focused solutions on:
- Acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold properties for property investors large and small
-Acquisitions and dispositions of leisure & hospitality premises and dealing with ancillary licence applications - Acting for local, regional and national developers on the acquisition, development and disposal of residential and commercial development sites
- Advising on landlord and tenant matters including new leases, lease renewals and lease management documents– we represent both landlords and tenants on leases of all sizes
- Dealing with secured lending and concluding the security requirements of funders in connection with freehold and leasehold property
- Options, conditional contracts and pre-emption rights
- Acquisitions and dispositions of licensed premises and dealing with ancillary licence applications
- Acquisitions and disposals of care homes for a number of operators in the sector
- Acting for SIPP and SSAS pension fund trustees on the acquisition, disposal and management of commercial properties
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“In our experience, the breadth and depth of knowledge of commercial property law sets the team at Hay & Kilner apart.
“I can trust Hay & Kilner to act in the best interests of myself and my business. They are very thorough, approachable and professional.
“The firm has every corner covered within the sphere of commercial property.
“I cannot rate Nicola Tiffen and her team higher. Having been a client of Hay & Kilner for over 20 years, they have delivered timely, accurate legal commercial advice during that time
“Throughout the legal process we shared with Hay and Kilner we found the staff we dealt with to be friendly, helpful and very professional. They understood our position and what we needed to achieve. We received regular updates and they explained each process thoroughly and in easy terms we could understand.
“The team has a strength in depth that can always be relied upon.
Meet the team
John Morgan
John is a commercial property solicitor with a broad range of experience across all aspects of commercial property.
Jonathan Bone
Jonathan is a pragmatic, solutions focused commercial property solicitor.
Nicola Tiffen
Nicola has over 20 years’ experience in the commercial property field giving her extensive knowledge and expertise in the full range of commercial property work.
Georgia Whitfield
Georgia is a commercial property solicitor with a broad range of experience spanning the public, private and charitable sectors.
Jennifer Boynton
Jennifer has experience in all types of commercial property sales and acquisitions.
Maryam Ahmed
Maryam is a Trainee Solicitor in our Commercial Property Team.
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Hay & Kilner’s advises on the acquisition of The Dubliner York, supporting strategic growth in the hospitality sector with expert legal guidance.
Hay & Kilner advise on the sale of long-standing client Wingrove Motor Company to Arnold Clark
Hay & Kilner advised on the sale of long-standing client Wingrove Motor Company to Arnold Clark, delivering expert legal support on this major automotive sector transaction.
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What is commercial property law?
Commercial property law focuses on the regulations related to the ownership, lease, use, purchase and sale of commercial property. Commercial property law includes aspects of property contracts, landlord-tenant relationships, zoning regulations, property development and real estate transactions. All of which requires the expert support and guidance of a team of professional commercial property law solicitors, just like the experienced team at Hay & Kilner.
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