Karen is a Solicitor in the Commercial Property Team in our Cambridge office.

Karen has a breadth of experience in commercial real estate;  including acquisitions, disposals, and leasehold transactions. Karen specialises in development site arrangements and collaboration agreements, as well as related funding work. Her recent experience includes:

• Drafting and negotiating joint venture agreements 
• Preparing residential development sites for plot disposals
• Drafting option, pre-emption and overage agreements
• Acquisition of a foreshore and riverbed from The Crown Estate
• Drafting and negotiating leases, licences and supporting documents

Karen studied environmental engineering in New Zealand and read law through the University of London International Programmes; before completing the Legal Practice Course at De Montfort with distinction.

Karen gained over 15 years’ experience as an environmental engineer prior to pursuing a career in the law. Her previous experience included a wide range of planning and environmental work focussed on assessing and balancing the impacts of development.