A Partner in the Commercial Real Estate team and Head of Retail, Andrew has over 20 years of experience helping institutional clients with the full lifecycle of their retail and leisure assets. Described by clients as ‘commercially astute’ and ‘efficient’, he is also noted as being skilled at, ‘working through unusual situations where pragmatic and innovative approaches were required.’
Andrew believes that success is built upon strong partnerships and open communication. He promotes a collaborative environment to help clients overcome challenges and seize opportunities for growth. Mitigating risks by providing strategic guidance and tailoring legal services to meet specific needs and objectives of each asset, is key to his team’s success.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, Andrew shapes and delivers clients’ asset strategies and provides commercial and practical legal advice in a collaborative manner to move transactions to completion. He has an acute understanding of the unique dynamics and challenges faced by primary shopping centres, drawing on his own extensive experience and the resources of his team.
His longstanding relationships with leading landlords and asset managers enables him to help clients maximise the potential of their assets. Fostering fruitful reciprocal relationships, he regularly transacts with all the major retailers and leisure operators and their lawyers.