Greg is a Partner in the Real Estate Corporate team who brings over 20 years of experience of real estate development, capital transactions, and landlord and tenant matters. Over that time he has advised occupiers, investors and developers within the retail, logistics, office, residential and other sectors. Greg's approach tempers technical legal knowledge with a pragmatic appreciation of his client's needs and a dedication to achieve those in a cost-effective and timely fashion, and his work on complex infrastructure projects has been recognised by the Legal 500.
Of particular note is the Paddington Square development in west London which provided over 400,000 square feet of office and retail space together with a new ticket hall for the underground station and public realm fronting the overground station. He also worked on the proposed redevelopment of a mainline Central London station and has helped deliver other substantial projects underpinned by development management arrangements, acting for both owners and managers. Alongside that he has advised institutional pension funds, national housebuilders, international logistics developers, offshore investors and corporate occupiers on the acquisition, development, management and disposal of their retail, office, industrial and other assets. Examples of his work include:
The acquisition and redevelopment of a brownfield site for use as 400 purpose-built student accommodation units.
The speculative forward purchase and subsequent letting of a 14-unit 150,000 square foot industrial estate.
The purchase of a multi-phased green field site for residential development by a major national housebuilder.
The asset protection arrangements relating to the construction of a new railway station on an operational line.
The relocation of a commercial occupier to a larger 36,000 square foot industrial unit that including the procurement of on-site and off-site electrical upgrade works.
His extensive experience encompasses site acquisition and assembly, conditional contracts, options and pre-emptions agreements, pre-lettings, forward sales and purchases, development and development management agreements, overage and clawback arrangements, the siting and relocation of substations, asset and infrastructure protection, and rights of light.
In addition to which he has authored a number of articles in the Estates Gazette and elsewhere on subjects ranging from rights of light to development within the railway environment.
Contact details
Email: greg.phillips@laytons.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7842 8000
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Qualifications
Qualified as a Solicitor in 2006
