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Simon Harris

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Senior Office Partner

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Simon is a Real Estate Partner focusing on acting for institutions and investors, property companies and developers.

Simon assists institutions and investors, property companies, and developers in investing, managing, and developing real estate assets. He has substantial experience advising and managing teams to provide advice to companies like yours on acquisitions/disposals, forward sales/funding, development, landlord and tenant transactions and asset management work relating to many asset classes.

In addition, Simon has acted for banks in real estate finance transactions and administrators in the asset management and subsequent disposals of distressed assets.

Simon is the partner lead for our global estate management team, which acts as a central point of contact for companies like yours to manage your real estate portfolio in each of the various countries in which they are located. 

Simon enjoys road cycling, running, and spending time with his wife and two children in his spare time. Simon is passionate about developing the next generation of lawyers and diversity and inclusion.

Simon's experience includes:

  • acting for an institutional investor on the portfolio acquisition of 6 industrial estates for c. £100m 
  • acting for an institutional investor on the sale of 6 care homes for c. £70m
  • acting for an institutional investor on the acquisition of several key assets throughout the UK, including a Retail Park in Hull for £58m and a Retail Park in Sheffield for £39m
  • acting for an institutional investor on the disposal of a multi-let office and retail building in London to two purchasers through a linked conditional sale for a total sale price of £29m
  • acting for a leading regeneration property company on the real estate aspects of the acquisition of a member share in an LLP that owns a major strategic development site in Leeds
  • acting for a major retail property company on the disposal of a shopping center in Leamington Spa for £28.4m
  • acting for a major retail property company on the redevelopment led disposal of a multi-tenanted shopping center in Cowley for £38m 
  • Ranked as a next-generation partner in the Legal 500
  • Joint office location head for real estate in the Leeds office
  • Wellbeing partner for the Leeds office
  • Board member for Business in the Community for the Yorkshire and Humber region 
  • Diploma in real estate law, 2007-2009
  • Diploma in legal practice, York College of Law, 2002-2004
  • LLB (Hons) Law, Warwick University, 1999-2002
Simon Harris

Partner

Senior Office Partner

Simon Harris

Partner

Senior Office Partner

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