Nicola Fairbairn

Nicola Fairbairn acts for both private and public sector clients on a wide range of estates matters, but with a particular emphasis on the development of land and buildings, or the project management of large transactions.

Nicola has over 15 years' experience in the real estate market and recent examples of that experience include:

• Advising a private care home provider on (and project managing) the property aspects of a refinance and share sale relating to 600+ home business;
• Advising a university on the £70m development of a three site academic and residential scheme, delivered through a partnership with a private developer/provider, together with the subsequent £10m extension;
• Advising the owner of a shopping centre on various unit lettings, together with the pre-let documentation for the proposed centre extension;
• Advising a firm of solicitors on the lease of their new City of London HQ offices;
• Advising a university on the securing of a 50 acre development site, through a complex option arrangement, including phase drawdown, price calculation, overage, clawback and development provisions;
• Advising a financial institution on all asset management matters relating to their branch portfolio.