Neil Gordon

Experience

• Advising the TLT team advising the London Borough of Lambeth. Recent and current projects include: The proposed Garden Bridge scheme across the River Thames; Real estate issues of capital investment in early years education centres with grant funding involving consideration of and advice on decant options and legal structures to achieve that; multiple lettings on community based schemes; and Land swaps and development agreements for new school facilities.
• Acting for a public authority on a £23 million disposal of surplus staff accommodation comprising a block of 63 flats in Belgravia as an investment/development opportunity which included negotiating and documenting planning and forward sale claw-back provisions and sales overage.
• Neil leads on all estate management work TLT carries out for the Metropolitan Police. Recent and current projects include:
  • Disposals of redundant police stations and surplus staff accommodation as investment/development opportunities with values of between circa £2M to £23million, to include negotiating and documenting forward sale claw-back provisions and sales and planning overage provisions.
  • Acting on a sensitive internal issue relating to a substantial sports facility and in relation to development adjoining the international terrorist holding unit at Paddington Green Police Station.
• Advising after asbestos contaminated soil was found on a strategically important development site to include advice on duties in respect of the safe management of asbestos, areas of potential liability and strategy in respect of remedial works.
• Dealing with occupational tenants on lease renewals, licences to assign and to occupy and variations to existing commercial leases.
• Providing strategic advice relating to the proposed disposal of major property in the vicinity of the Parliamentary estate.