Tim Allen
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Real Estate: £10-50 million
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About
Provided by Tim Allen
Practice Areas
Tim heads up Bristows’ real estate practice and has strong expertise in complex asset management, build to rent and corporate occupier work across a range of sectors including legal, logistics and financial services. He advises a major UK healthcare provider on their real estate portfolio and recently led the real estate aspects of a £1.1bn sale and leaseback transaction.
Tim specialises in commercial real estate with extensive experience of BTR development projects, sale and leaseback deals, asset management and complex corporate occupier deals. Some of Tim’s work highlights include:
- Advising one of the UK’s largest healthcare providers on the real estate aspects of a £1.1bn sale and leaseback transaction.
- Advising a US based global law firm on the acquisition of a new European headquarters in the City of London.
- Advising a build to rent developer on the conditional purchase of an office block from a sovereign wealth fund.
- Advising a build to rent developer on site assembly and conditional purchase of a proposed development site with an anticipate GDV of £650m.
- Advising on the sale of a UK consulate.
- Advising an overseas landlord client on the re-structuring of management arrangements for a landmark central London asset.
Tim is interested in the potential for technology to improve the way that property is designed, constructed, traded and occupied.
Tim has committed to promoting London as a home for the international technology community as a Tech London Advocate.
Career
LLB (Hons), University of Southampton
LLM, University of Southampton
Qualified 2004
Partner 2018
Professional Memberships
Tech London Advocate
Chambers Review
UK
Tim Allen is a real estate practitioner with strong expertise in commercial landlord and tenant matters, including lease negotiations and office moves. He often advises clients from outside the UK on their property needs.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tim is responsive, transparent and commercially aware."
"Apart from being very competent and experienced, he is also very thorough and knowledgeable."
"Tim is professional, highly knowledgeable and responsive. He has a calm and methodical approach and he is a pleasure to work with."
"I particularly value his ability to simplify complex issues for clients which, alongside a consistent level of client service, is always compelling."
"Tim is very responsive and is readily available to discuss matters. He gives good, pragmatic advice and takes the trouble to really understand what the client wants."
"Tim is responsive, transparent and commercially aware."
"Apart from being very competent and experienced, he is also very thorough and knowledgeable."
"Tim is professional, highly knowledgeable and responsive. He has a calm and methodical approach and he is a pleasure to work with."
"I particularly value his ability to simplify complex issues for clients which, alongside a consistent level of client service, is always compelling."
"Tim is very responsive and is readily available to discuss matters. He gives good, pragmatic advice and takes the trouble to really understand what the client wants."
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