Expertise

Alison is a significantly experienced real estate lawyer having worked on some of the biggest leasing and development deals at the start of her career, progressed to leading an award winning regeneration team and is now co-Head of our UK and International Real Estate Sector Team.

Alison works with teams throughout the UK acting for overseas investor / developers, private equity backed propcos and significant German investors. She is a strong voice for diversity and sustainability  in Addleshaw Goddard - and its clients - and a clear and succinct communicator. 

Recent experience includes:

• assembly, regear and sale out for private equity clients of a UK wide Government let portfolio
• completion of infrastructure funded by Scottish Government/local authority infrastructure loan and final releases re sales of 4 housing sites for circa 550 homes at a new town centre status development for private developer/investor
• assembly by individual acquisition by (i) sale and leaseback from Heineken and (ii) acquisition of a Jersey Unit Trust of four business units at Broadway Gyle Edinburgh, corporate reorganisation, refinance new lease to Standard Life Investments and sale of the Jersey corporate
• acquisition, re gear, development and sale of substantial tower building office asset for private equity propco – sold to local authority
• acquisition from local authority of substantial tower building office block for refurbishment, partial repurposing and reletting for private equity propco