Sophie joined Dutton Gregory in 2020 as an Associate Solicitor in their Commercial Property Team
With over 20 years’ experience, Sophie is a commercial property specialist with extensive experience in all types of land, property and business sales and acquisitions, leases and contracts, portfolio management and finance acting for a wide variety of clients across many sectors.
Sophie advises on the property-related legal requirements of large corporations, SMEs, developers, landowners, private investors, charities and pension companies within the industrial, office, retail, leisure and healthcare industries. Her work involves lease and contract negotiation from heads of terms through to complex commercial structures, share and asset transactions, finance and development and option agreements.
With a particular specialism within the healthcare sector, Sophie advises both experienced owners as well as first-time buyers, groups, partnerships and lenders involving asset and share sales and acquisitions, development, re-finance and business restructuring of care homes, day care nurseries, doctors’ and dentists’ practices.
Notable work:
- Carried out a £10 million refinance of a portfolio of 10 day care nurseries including two additional acquisitions.
- Purchased a flagship development site in Kent for a care home group.
- Organised the property aspects of a company statutory de-merger involving the transfer of a residential and commercial investment portfolio worth £26 million to subsidiaries.
- Headed the team carrying out a £4 million refinance of a portfolio of 24 residential ground rents and two commercial sites.
