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Expertise
Chris has extensive experience in a range of commercial real estate matters including acquisitions and disposals and landlord and tenant matters, as well as advising on development projects and property finance transactions. Chris also has many years of experience assisting residential real estate clients, specialising in the London prime central market.
In detail
Recent experience
- Acted on the purchase of a mixed use, occupied (serviced offices and hostel) building in Kensington.
- Acted for a buyer on the purchase of a Grade II Listed building in Belgravia, a development site to be converted into luxury apartments.
- Acted for a tenant being granted a 10-year lease of 3-level office space in a prestigious, newly renovated Mayfair building.
- Assisted a corporate client on the sale of a care home site in Walthamstow.
- Acted for a corporate client, advising on property matters, in respect of a castle purchase in Shropshire.
- Advises the owners of a London based organic produce store with multiple sites across London.
Career history
- 2023 – Present: Partner, Real Estate, Memery Crystal
- 2019 – 2023: Partner & Head of Commercial Real Estate, Child & Child
- 2016 – 2019: Associate, Child & Child
- 2011 – 2016: Solicitor, Streathers Solicitors, London
- 2007 – 2010: Solicitor, Barry Nilsson Lawyers, Brisbane
- 2008: Queensland University of Technology (Graduate Diploma, Legal Practice)
- 2007: University of Queensland, Bachelor of Laws
- 2007: University of Queensland, Bachelor of Business Management