Jason is an experienced property lawyer. Having worked at leading UK and US practices, Jason deals with a broad range of commercial property work, in particular landlord and tenant, with particular focus on the hospitality sector, acquisitions and disposals of investment property, commercial and residential development and corporate support.
Expertise
- Landlord & tenant-particularly retail and leisure premises acting for restaurant chains and Michelin-starred chefs and patrons
- Investment- acting for funds and private investors on multi/single let properties
- Development & utilities- acting for developers and utility companies on site acquisition, assembly and disposal
- Corporate support-advising on property aspects of major corporate-led deals
Experience
- Acted for a top 5 utility company on the site assembly of a c£300m underground gas storage plant and the acquisition of the UK’s largest biomass power station and electricity network
- Advised a US law firm on the property aspects of private equity transactions, including the £700m acquisition of a major industrial manufacturer
- Acting for a FTSE 100 landlord on new retail and leisure lettings on major shopping centre development
- Acting for the management buy out team on property aspects on the acquisition of a substantial regional housebuilder
- Acting for housing associations and residential developers on major disposals/acquisitions
- Advising a European car manufacturer on the restructuring of all UK dealership leases
- Acted (and co-ordinated European real estate counsel) for multinational telecoms company on the UK Property aspects of a group company demerger
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Career
Jason qualified as a solicitor in 1995. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2009, he worked at the following firms:
- Dundas & Wilson
- Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Norton Rose