Gavin qualified as a Solicitor in April 2007 and joined Birketts in February 2023.
Gavin is a Senior Associate in our London-based Residential Real Estate Team, focusing on leasehold enfranchisement and landlord and tenant matters. His areas of expertise include residential advisory work, asset management in a residential context (rights of first refusal and Right to Manage), contentious and non-contentious leasehold enfranchisement including high value, complex claims of flats and houses and mixed estates.
Gavin assists both landlords and tenants spread across London and the rest of the country. He regularly provides commentary on the leasehold reforms and has provided CPD scripts and talks for regulatory bodies.
As well as advising on enfranchisement and landlord and tenant matters generally, Gavin also provides advice to landlords and tenants on ‘non-statutory’ or ‘voluntary’ lease extensions or freehold purchases and conveyancing transactions when a lease extension is required.
Recent work highlights
Recent examples of Gavin’s work include acting for landlords who own head leases of large estates advising in relation to ‘Aggio claims’ to acquire new leases of individual flats and the freehold of those units which are considered as ‘houses’ and any subsequent ‘non-statutory’ deals to extend the whole headlease or acquisition of the whole freehold estate
Experience & education
2023 Senior Associate, Birketts
2017 Senior Associate Winckworth Sherwood LLP
2015 Associate Solicitor Coole Bevis LLP
2007 Solicitor Rokeby Johnson Baars LLP2007 Qualified as Solicitor
Areas of Expertise
Insights
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legal updateThe Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been published
Gavin Walmsley28 Nov 20233 min read5 -
legal updateThe Building Safety Act 2022 ‘problem’ for new leases solvedGavin Walmsley7 Nov 20233 min read16
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legal updateThe King’s Speech 2023 – another false-start for the housing agenda?Gavin Walmsley7 Nov 202312 min read13