Leanne is an associate in the commercial property team and has extensive experience in commercial property.
Leanne has acted for a diverse range of clients from large companies and institutional lenders, pension schemes, SME’s, portfolio landlords and investors in a wide range of commercial property transactions including development acquisition and subsequent disposal, commercial leases – acting for landlords and tenants, sales and purchases of commercial property, company restructure and commercial finance.
Leanne also has experience of acting in residential property transactions, with a particular focus on advising investors and buy to let landlords together with their funders.
- Acting for public house proprietor in the lease, option and overage deed of a tied public house
- Acting in the re-finance of two HMO properties to raise capital for a client’s acquisition of a large commercial building for redevelopment
- Advising public body on telecom lease renewals
- Acting for lender in the financing of a residential development site.
- Acting for developer specialising in the development of affordable housing in the acquisition of numerous sites for re-development.
*Undertaken prior to joining the Darwin Gray team*
- Acting for landlords and tenants in commercial landlord and tenant matters
- Advising landlords on telecoms code leases
- Secured lending
- Corporate support
- Acting for developers in site acquisitions, set up and disposal
- Acting for investors in residential property acquisitions
Experience
- Associate, Darwin Gray, May 2025 – present
- Associate, Berry Smith – 2022 – 2025
- Solicitor, Rubin Lewis O’Brien – 2021-2022
- Associate, Dolmans – 2016 – 2020
- Associate, JCP – 2013-2016
- Solicitor, Hutton’s – 2007 – 2013
- Solicitor, Saunders Roberts – 2006
- Trainee Solicitor, Howells – 2004 – 2006