Real Estate: up to £10 million
UK Guide 2025 : Thames Valley
Band 4
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Provided by Crane & Staples
The Crane & Staples Property team are well-known for ensuring a quality, reliable service, and lifelong client relationships.
Categories of clients
They act for established local families and businesses, regional and national companies, including property developers, professional Landlords, local authorities, franchises, the nursing/care home industry and high net worth individuals.
Types of work handled
The team's expertise covers all aspects of real estate and business matters including:
- residential and commercial sales and purchases
- re-mortgages and transfer of equity
- acquisitions and disposals
- HMOs
- lettings and finance
- security documentation
- industrial units, shops and offices
- the healthcare sector businesses and premises (GP surgeries, dentists, pharmacies, care homes)
- short term development loans
- commercial refinancing
- specialist enfranchisement work
- agricultural properties and land
- listed buildings
Recent work highlights
Recent work highlights include:
- Advising on all property aspects of the sale of an £8million nursery business.
- Acting for a care home provider in their £4.6million share sale, including the goodwill, freehold property and assets.
- Advising longstanding developer clients in connection with the acquisition of land for residential development.
- Acting in the sale of a residential property involving Crown escheat land.
Chambers Review
The Crane & Staples property team in Welwyn Garden City handles a wide range of real estate matters. The firm undertakes significant work on behalf of commercial and private clients, including acquisitions and disposals, refinancing and development loans.
Notable Practitioners
Bonnie Twiggs is head of the commercial property group at Crane & Staples. She is highly adept at handling a range of real estate matters, including commercial property acquisitions and disposals. She also has expertise in leasehold enfranchisement.
"Bonnie Twiggs was amazing. She is very knowledgeable and clearly very able."
"She was commercial and easy to deal with."
Chris Brewis advises on commercial leases as well as developments for residential and commercial purposes.
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Members
Provided by Crane & Staples
Head of Department
Head of Department
Kuldip Chima
Malcolm Hemmings-Portas
Manish Patel