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Mark Watson

Legal Director

Mark is a Legal Director in our Real Estate group.

He has extensive experience dealing with all types of commercial property transactions for a variety of clients. This includes advising on freehold sales and purchases, option agreements, overage deeds, commercial leases of offices, shops and industrial units (acting for landlords and tenants); acting for public sector organizations under the CCS Framework; property portfolio management work; corporate support, portfolio acquisitions, commercial redevelopment, estate management, and particularly on landlord and tenant-related transactions.

Mark works across multiple sectors and has particularly strong experience in the Transport and Energy sectors and working for public sector clients advising on compulsory purchase-related transactions. Mark has worked on some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.

Mark has managed large property portfolios, developing processes and template documents to streamline the letting processes to make them more efficient for clients and can bring a wealth of practical experience in this area.

In his spare time Mark enjoys cycling and triathlons and has completed several ironman and half-ironman events in the UK and abroad.

Mark's major transactions experience includes:

  • acting for the landowner on one of the largest on-shore wind farms in the UK
  • office lettings of 100,000 sq ft office for the new construction headquarters for a major infrastructure scheme
  • the 270,000 sq ft letting of a prestigious listed building
  • acting on land acquisition and advising on acquisition strategy for a £4bn major road scheme
  • Postgraduate Legal Practice Certificate, Distinction, University of South Wales, 2000-2002
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, University of South Wales, 1997-1999
  • BA (Hons) in Economics, University of Reading, 1987-1990
Mark Watson

Legal Director

Mark Watson

Legal Director

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