FSI Business

Business Occupation

Our real estate lawyers help business occupiers as well as property owners and management companies deal with all issues relating to their property portfolios.

Our services include:

Recent experience advising:

  • Sunglass Hut on their corporate re-organisation
  • foreign retailers – over the last 12 months we have seen an increase in foreign retailers setting up and continuing their expansion in the UK. Clients have included:
    • Desigual (mid-range Spanish fashion retailer) who opened on London’s Oxford St for the highest ever rent paid on Oxford St
    • Sarah Pacini (high-end Belgium/French fashion retailer)
    • The Kooples (high-end fashion brand set up by the previous owners of Comptoir des cotonniers)”
  • the restaurant sector continued to be a focus over the last 12 months, advising both new and existing clients.  We continue to advise longstanding clients Pizza Hut on their roll out of Pizza Hut delivery units and Tragus, who operate leading brands such as Strada, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, on their on-going acquisition programme
  • Busaba Eathai (a long standing client), with their rapid expansion programme almost tripling the number of restaurants from 3-8 in the last 18 months
  • new restaurant clients this year include: Vapiano -  advising on their expansion programme with a 2nd unit in the City, Otarion, advising on their 1st restaurant and Alan Yau & Family on various concepts including Cocorino

Clients appreciate the excellent performance, attention to detail and client care at this firm.

Chambers & Partners’ Client Guide to the Legal Profession 2011