Lisa Nelson
- Profile
Lisa is a Solicitor in our Commercial Real Estate Team, based in our Sevenoaks office and joined Birketts in October 2015. Prior to joining Birketts, Lisa worked in a large city law firm whilst studying part-time for her law degree, going on to complete the Legal Practice Course at BPP in Holborn.
Lisa deals with all aspects of commercial property law including freehold and leasehold acquisitions and sales, auction transactions, landlord and tenant matters and the grant of easements. Lisa also regularly deals with property refinance and intra-group structuring matters, working closely with our specialist banking team.
Examples of recent work include:
- Acting for the landowner on the sale of a multi-let commercial property. As well as dealing with the usual elements of a property sale, this involved regularising the tenancy arrangements by granting multiple new LTA 1954 Act excluded leases.
- Acting for the borrower on a number of multi-million pound property refinances, including liaising with and providing extensive and detailed due diligence to the lenders.
- Working with our corporate and banking teams in reporting to and dealing with the property due diligence requirements for the lender on a high value property refinance.
- Acting for the seller on the sale of a commercial unit by auction, including preparation of a detailed auction pack, liaising with the auctioneers and attending to completion.
Before going on to study law, Lisa completed a BSC (Hons) degree in Music Technology (piano) at London Guildhall University, achieving a first.
In her spare time Lisa is a regular runner and cyclist and maintains her interest in all things musical.