Katherine Worrall
Senior Associate
Commercial Real Estate
+44 (0) 20 7079 8125
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Areas of Practice
Track Record
Property investors and landlords: Advising on acquisitions, financings and all aspects of asset management/ landlord and tenant issues. She works closely with clients, managing agents and other professional advisors to align with client strategies and optimise performance.
Tenants: Providing comprehensive advice on leasing premises in central London and nationwide, including assisting a number of overseas clients with the establishment of flagship UK headquarters.
Acting for a UK based landlord on the disposal of a portfolio of office, retail, warehouse and mixed-use premises (both in central London and across England) for over £110 million.
Acting for an overseas landlord on the letting of a major central London office building for an annual rent of over £2 million.
Acting for a family office tenant taking a flagship west end London office letting.
Acting for an overseas hotel client in the refinancing of its £40m UK bank loan arrangement.
Acting for a specialist developer in the purchase of a site in Oxfordshire, with planning for a high-quality housing development.
Acting for a UK based private client in the sale of a development site on the south coast for £15 million.
Memberships
Midtown Business Club
BPF Futures
Westminster Property Association NextGen
CREation Property Network
Education & Qualification
University of Nottingham and University of Queensland
Qualified as a solicitor in 2015 and trained with Boodle Hatfield
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