Giorgia Mayes
UK Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Real Estate
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Giorgia Mayes
Practice Areas
Giorgia acts for a wide variety of owners and occupiers of commercial real estate, including institutional investors, private landowners, and occupiers of science park, retail, office and warehousing space. Her clients also include developers and lenders.
She advises on a broad spectrum of transactions, including the acquisition and disposal of commercial property, landlord and tenant matters, development financing and property management. A significant element of her work involves the acquisition (with or without funding) and subsequent asset management of commercial property for investment purposes. Giorgia also has a wealth of experience in acting for tenants in the office and science sectors taking leases at new or existing buildings.
Recent work highlights include acting for the seller/tenant in a £22.3 million, five property sale and leaseback transaction, and acting for an anchor tenant taking a £1.35 million p/a lease for office and R&D purposes at a new building.
Career
Giorgia trained at Shearman & Sterling in London, and moved to Cambridge upon qualification in 2014. She joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2018, becoming a managing associate in 2023.
Publications
Giorgia regularly writes on real estate issues for a range of sector and local publications.
Chambers Review
UK
Giorgia Mayes has experience advising on key real estate mandates, including landlord and tenant issues for commercial entities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is very personable, has a wealth of knowledge and can simplify more complex legal matters to enable informed decision making."
"Giorgia is always a pleasure to work with and I always feel comfortable that an excellent service will be provided to our clients."
"She is very calm and measured and has a very good knowledge of the law."
"She is very personable, has a wealth of knowledge and can simplify more complex legal matters to enable informed decision making."
"Giorgia is always a pleasure to work with and I always feel comfortable that an excellent service will be provided to our clients."
"She is very calm and measured and has a very good knowledge of the law."