Kate Evans Email & Phone Number

Leicester, United Kingdom

• Advising consultancy, recruitment and financial service clients in London on rentals of office space.• Advising on a consultancy basis on leasehold matters relating to the office space of a large number of medium sized firms in the midlands. This work covered the full range of leasework, including the creation and alteration of leases as well as licenses to alter and assign. • Acting on the purchase of a tenanted industrial estate for Peterborough based property company, involving advice on surrenders, new leases and lease renewals of units.• Acting for Allied Irish Bank providing consents to leases. • Drafting negotiating and advising on short term lease and licence agreements for car parks, sports grounds, community halls and accessways.• Advising a central government body on the creation of licenses for works to support refurbishment of their leasehold property.

Leicester, United Kingdom

All aspects of commercial property – recent transactions include:• Acting for purchaser on the acquisition of large tenanted industrial estate in Peterborough• Purchase of two freehold sites in the North East for National chain of merchant builders• Purchase of one site and sale of another for National waste management company• Purchase of multi-million pound freehold property in central London for a chartered charity• Numerous leases and agreements for leases acting for both landlords and tenants in respect of retail spaces, offices and development land• Corporate support – property due diligence, negotiation of warranties and reporting on title for both share purchases and asset purchases• Secured lending - Acting for high street Banks and private lenders lending on existing property portfolios and new purchases• Agreements for surrender and deeds of surrender for National chain of shoe shops• Licences to alter and retrospective licences to alter• Licences to assign, underlet and change use• Acting for landowners and developers in respect of Option Agreements and Promotion Agreements• Drafting and advising on overage provisions

Kettering

All aspects of commercial property including:• Freehold sales, purchases and (re)mortgages acting for buyers, sellers and lenders • Experience in both private and auction sales• Voluntary first registrations of estates• Drafting, negotiating and advising both landlords and tenants on new leases and lease renewals• Drafting, negotiating and advising on transfers and assignments of existing leases• Drafting negotiating and advising on short term lease and licence agreements for car parks, sports grounds, community halls and accessways • Property management – licences to underlet, assign, charge, licences for change of use and licences to alter• Rent deposit deeds, deeds of variation, deeds of easement • Option agreements• Advising on exercise of break clauses and service of break notices • Commercial property work in relation to the sales/purchases of small businesses• Corporate Support - including assisting a senior partner specialising in the acquisitions of dental practices • Residential conveyancing

• Freehold and leasehold sales and purchases• Granting and negotiating leases of industrial units, retail and office space• Residential conveyancing including shared ownership schemes• Pension fund purchases with leasebacks• Purchase of small businesses – hairdressing salons and general stores• Sales of unregistered land

London, United Kingdom

• Commercial and residential sales and purchases• Leases and licences • Secured lending and mortgage redemption for a major high street lender• Acting for administrators on the assignment of over 100 leasehold properties upon the insolvency of a high street clothing retailer• Member of team acting on the acquisition and subsequent sale of a national hotel chain• Preparation and grant of leases of a West Country conservation development for high value second homes• Assisted in purchase of shopping centres• Client ranged from entrepreneurs and high worth individuals to international companies and housing associations

Lpc/Cpe, Law, Commendation

Ba Hons, English Literature