Chris is a commercial real estate lawyer with 20 years experience in advising clients on property matters, including development, landlord and tenant and assisting on corporate acquisitions and disposals.

Prior to joining Bexley Beaumont Chris was a partner for 7 years, having previously worked at Eversheds, DWF and Knights plc.

Chris advises on all areas of Commercial Property, including:

• Development agreements and joint venture agreements;
• Conditional Agreements for Lease and Purchase, ranging from the grant of planning permission through to complex conditionality;
• Grant Funding Agreements;
• Corporate support in the purchase and sale of corporates;
• Turnover rents and revenue and profit share arrangements;
• Sales and purchases including investment sales and purchases and overage;
• Leases, underleases and licences acting for both landlord and tenant;
• Portfolio estate management including licences to assign, underlet and alter;
• Corporate occupiers; and
• Option and Promotion Agreements.

Chris acts for developers and landowners alike and enjoys getting to know each of his clients and their businesses, so that Chris can adopt a pragmatic commercial approach to ensure that his clients deadlines are met in a timely no-nonsense manner.