Grace Kerr
- Experience
Grace leads the Real Estate Division. She joined our Essex office as a Partner in 2004 after 10 years’ commercial real estate experience with leading City law firms.
Grace undertakes all aspects of mainstream commercial property work and regularly advises owners and investors, providing commercial solutions to often complex matters. She also has extensive experience of acquisitions, disposals, funding and management of investment property. She specialises in strategic land transactions for landowners entering into promotion agreements, option agreements and conditional contracts for the disposal of land for residential development.
Grace is recommended and named as a ‘Leading Partner’ by Legal 500 [UK 2025].
Grace is ranked by Chambers [UK 2023]. In this edition, clients say “Grace Kerr always provides excellent service.”
Grace is Chair of the Birketts Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee.
Grace is ranked by Chambers [UK 2023]. In this edition, clients say “Grace Kerr always provides excellent service.” Clients in the previous edition note “She is a really dynamic and pragmatic lawyer.” In an earlier edition Grace is described as “very easy to work with” and recognised for giving “sound and practical advice to her clients”.
Grace is recommended and named as a ‘Leading Individual’ by Legal 500 [UK 2024]. In this edition, a source notes “The team is very experienced across the commercial property arena. Grace Kerr is that stand-out partner”.
In an earlier edition, a client said “Grace Kerr and Hannah Harbottle in particular provide excellent legal advice on a wide range of legal matters. Always able to offer advice or referral even on the most challenging of requests.”
Grace is Chair of the Birketts Environmental, Governance and Social (ESG) Committee.
Awards and Memberships
Grace Kerr is that stand-out partner
Legal 500 [UK 2024]
