John Saville

Senior Associate

Biography

John is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Team advising on a range of commercial real estate matters including secured lending and development.

John advises clients on all aspect of commercial property including: secured lending; acquisition and disposal of commercial and residential development property; pre-emption agreements; option agreements and conditional contracts; overage; landlord and tenant;  reports on title and property due diligence.

Relevant experience

  • National banks and other secured lenders: Advising a number of national banks and other secured lenders on all property aspects of secured lending transactions including financing, refinancing, development finance and acquisition finance. John recently acted for a national bank in the refinancing of diversified dairy farm with a loan facility of £14m and the refinancing of an industrial property in the South West together with additional secured lending for the acquisition of an engineering company.
  • Property investors: Advising on all aspects of the property portfolio from acquisition, disposal, development, secured lending (finance, refinance and development finance) and landlord and tenant matters. John recently completed the refinancing of a London based commercial property portfolio with a portfolio value of circa £74m and a southwest based mixed use portfolio with a portfolio value of circa £24m and the sale of a multi let commercial estate for circa £45m. 
  • Government body: Advising on the provision of development finance across a range of residential and commercial development sites nationwide by Government Body. Advising a local authority in respect of a development agreement for a major infrastructure project.
  • Regional developers: Advising on the purchase and disposal of a range of complex residential and commercial development sites by way of option agreements/conditional contracts and subject to overage provisions. John also advises on the sub-sale of affordable housing to registered housing providers by way of both turn key and golden brick agreements.
  • Corporate transactions: Advising on the property aspects of share and asset sale and purchases.

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