Matt advises a broad range of clients across a variety of real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors.

Real Estate Finance

Matt frequently acts for banks on the real estate elements of financing asset purchases, providing development finance and re-financing existing debt arrangements.

Commercial Leasing

He often acts for landlords and occupiers on a variety of commercial leasing transactions across England, with a particular focus on the London office market.

Investment

Matt also helps several family funds with the acquisition, management, leasing, funding and disposal of their assets across various sectors, including offices and retail, with a particular focus on assets situated in central London.

Energy Infrastructure

He represents a nationally significant owner and operator of UK energy infrastructure for facilities situated in England, with respect to traditional natural resources and more modern energy sources. Matt also frequently acts for developers in procuring option agreements for developing energy infrastructure and storage projects.

Areas of practice include:

Sector experience includes:

Admitted

2017: Scotland
2021: England and Wales

Relevant experience

Real Estate

Acting for an overseas investor on the acquisition of various investment assets, including multi-let estates in London’s West End and the City of London, and providing ongoing advice in relation to the management of these estates including new lettings, lease renewals and variation of existing leases.
Acting on the investment acquisition of a supermarket store for a family fund.
Acting for a corporate occupier on the development, leasing and fit-out of office space in the City of London and across other English cities and regions.
Acting for banks on the financing of property acquisitions in the City of London and providing development finance for various sites across Greater London.

Energy

Acting for an infrastructure operator in connection with a new gas pipeline infrastructure project at Teesside, and advising on all English real estate aspects for the facility including negotiation and completion of leases, substation leases and advice about access and energy supply to the facility.
Acting on the English real estate aspects of the refinancing of a nationally significant oil and gas facility at Teesside.
Acting for a developer across a number of sites in England for gas peaking and battery storage projects including option and lease agreements for securing project site and mobilisation areas, securing ancillary rights, delivering bio-diversity net gain and financing the projects with third party lenders.