Examples:
Identifying the planning potential for a former chemical works and
handling its disposal in a number of parcels for different uses,
in each case ensuring the receipt of full value by means of clawback
and overage provisions (one of many similar transactions where I
have been involved not only in setting the deal up, but also in
the ongoing monitoring of development and overage). The site was heavily polluted, and wide-ranging indemnities were agreed with the retail and residential developers.
Acting for the owners of another chemical works the site of which
forms part of a proposed town centre redevelopment in Wales, negotiating
the terms of a sale to the developer and lease back and an agreement
assuring the participation of the former owner in the profits arising
from the redevelopment. Later, negotiating and agreeing a revised deal including a partial buy-out by the developers of the overage.
Advising in connection with a site occupied by three companies within
the same group, all carrying out distinct functions and subject
to different hygiene requirements. This involved a detailed inspection
of a complex industrial site, and gaining an understanding of how
the site worked and of the needs of the various businesses and how
they interacted. I drafted and negotiated with the various managers
a detailed site separation agreement, redrawing boundaries and granting
complex reciprocal rights to enable each of the businesses to be
sold separately by the parent company.
Advising a water company in connection with a major reservoir development
proposal. This involved negotiating the terms of a detailed and
complex option agreement with the major landowners, enabling the
tests and investigations to be carried out during the option period.
As in similar projects with which I have been involved, there were
site inspections and meetings and many different interests to be
reconciled in the detailed drafting.
Drafting and negotiating documents to give effect to a complex deal
involving the conversion of a large mixed use facility in Cardiff
docks to a bulk grain silo, including negotiating the grant of an
Underlease to a cereal manufacturer and a management agreement with
the operating company.
<<< Back to experience
page |
