Mark Baker
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Mark is a Partner in the Commercial Property team advising clients on development, investment, property finance and landlord and tenant matters.
Mark’s clients range from investment funds, property companies to banks and high net worth individuals.
RadcliffesLeBrasseur’s team … includes Mark Baker, who advised Kurt Construction International on the £5.2m acquisition of John Vetch House in Clapham. Legal 500 2016
Mark Baker handled an impressive number of deals for RadcliffesLeBrasseur. Legal 500 2015
Areas of Expertise
Mark handles acquisitions and disposals of commercial property, large scale developments, property investments, secured lending and financing, restructuring of ownership of assets, property portfolio management and landlord and tenant.
Experience
Mark’s recent experience includes:
- Acting for a major UK REIT in the sale of six shopping centres in three jurisdictions for over £250 million
- Acting on the acquisition of 31 trade parks through a Jersey Unit Trust and advising on subsequent acquisitions for the fund and the ongoing management of the trade parks
- Advising on the mixed use redevelopment of a site in central London including, advising on rights of light and air, telecommunications code and residential issues
- Acting for a UK bank on the pre-letting of their new London head office
- Acting for a major UK bank in connection with the £400 million financing of a site in the City of London and advising the bank on the pre-lettings to two firms of solicitors
- Acting for major UK REIT in respect of all aspects of their secured lending programme
- Acting for the selling shareholders on the £160 million disposal of four companies owning petrol stations
- Negotiating the variation of a head lease of premises in central London to permit the building of an additional floor and advising on the subsequent redevelopment of both office and retail premises
- Acting for a major aggregates company on the grant of leases of quarries and advising them on the law relating to minerals
- Acting for a private equity company in connection with securitisations of a public house portfolio and a residential nursing home portfolio
Membership
The Royal Automobile Club
- Covid-19 – Commercial Property in the June quarter
2 June 2020 | Property - What has been the impact of COVID-19 across the commercial property sector?
30 April 2020 | Property - Covid-19: Government provisions to protect Tenants and Landlords
27 March 2020 | Property | Property litigation - Clarity for Contracting Out
13 August 2019 | Property - Tenant Fees Act 2019 – what do I need to know?
9 July 2019 | Property - New RICS Professional Statement for service charges comes into effect on 1 April 2019 and now has teeth
20 March 2019 | Property - Canary Wharf v European Medicines Agency: Brexit is not a frustrating event
21 February 2019 | Property - The Court of Appeal says: Discharge restrictive covenants first, then develop the land
12 February 2019 | Property - The deadline for filing and payment window of Stamp Duty Land Tax is changing on 1 March 2019
11 February 2019 | Property | Tax and private client - Registering land as a Town and Village Green – recent case in the Court of Appeal
4 January 2019 | Property - Commercial property and VAT: What to consider
5 November 2018 | Property - Brexit: European Medicines Agency’s frustration
23 October 2018 | Litigation and dispute resolution | Property | Property litigation