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    Expertise

    Matt is a partner in the Real Estate department.

    He specialises in general commercial real estate with a mixture of investment, development, finance, occupier, and management work.

    Matt also has considerable experience dealing with distressed real estate on behalf of banks and insolvency practitioners.

    "Memery Crystal is a professional and focussed team."

    Legal 500, 2024

    In detail

    Recent experience

    • Acting on the acquisition of a portfolio of 15 mixed tenure petrol filling stations for a roadside retail operator.
    • Acting on the acquisition and development of numerous new to industry petrol filling station sites for a roadside retail operator.
    • Acting for various impact investors on multi-million pound rolling programmes of portfolio acquisitions of residential multi-let properties to be leased to charities who specialise in rehousing ex-offender, ex-military personnel, the homeless and other vulnerable groups to be sub-sold and held by a fund to ensure the continued and long term use of the properties for social housing purposes.
    • Acting on the pre-let and forward sale of a Travelodge hotel.
    • Acting on the pre-let, development and subsequent investment sales of numerous retail, industrial and office sites.
    • Acting for a manufacturer on its land acquisition and subsequent development and financing of a bespoke distribution warehouse facility.
    • Acting for liquidators on the disposal of a portfolio of over 140 freehold and leasehold pubs.
    • Acting for administrators on the disposal of 5 mixed tenure business parks and associated management company structure.
    • Acting for a hedge fund relocating to newly built office accommodation in the city and exiting them from their existing lease arrangements.
    • Acting on numerous institutional office lettings for a leading developer and investor.

    Career history

    • 2021 – Present: Partner, Real Estate, Memery Crystal
    • 2020 – 2021: Partner, Real Estate, Rosenblatt
    • 2017 – 2020: Senior Associate, Rosenblatt
    • 2016 – 2017: Senior Associate, Dentons
    • 2012 – 2016: Associate, Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP
    • 2003 – 2012: Solicitor, Speechly Bircham LLP
    • 2001 – 2002: Prosecutions Case Worker, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
    • 2000 – 2001: Paralegal, Bappert Witz & Selbherr