Roger Yates
Partner
Real Estate
He heads up the Real Estate group in the firm’s Brighton office, looking after a broad mix of non-contentious commercial and residential property work.
Roger advises companies large and small, private pension fund trustees, investors, landowners, developers, housing associations and other charities as well as owner/occupiers.
He has a wealth of experience in commercial property, focusing on property development and business lease negotiation and has dealt with a high number of cases throughout his career.
In recent years, in addition to having looked after the office portfolio of a major insurance group for many years, Roger’s property development focus has moved to housing associations and residential developers, although he also acts for local authority development companies and for landowners in the negotiation of promotion agreements with developers.
Roger Yates qualified as a solicitor in 1986.
Work highlights
PENSION FUND LEASE TRANSITION
Acting for pension fund trustees in bringing about the surrender of an existing tenant’s lease of business premises to coincide with the grant of a new lease of the premises to a new occupier and of licence permitting that new occupier to carry out alterations
MULTI-NATIONAL INSURANCE OFFICE LEASES
Acting for a multi-national insurance company in securing new leasehold office premises for its own use in Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol
PROMOTION AGREEMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Acting for landowners in the negotiation of a promotion agreement pursuant to which the promoter committed to promoting the site for residential development and onward sale
HOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND PLOT TRANSFER AGREEMENT
Acting for landowners in the negotiation of an agreement with a developer for the construction of a pair of houses for the clients’ retention in consideration for the transfer of two building plots to the developer