Alison Barton has over 16 years experience as a property lawyer acting for a broad spectrum of clients and on a broad range of transactions. This work has included significant landlord and tenant work acting both for landlords (including property management work for a large shopping centre landlord) and also for tenants; most particularly a national retailer in taking leases of units on an out-of-town retail park.

She has also acted on a broad range of corporate and banking support transactions in respect of one-off sales or purchases, together with acquisitions of companies owning portfolios of property.

In recent years, Alison's practice has focussed also on development work, including acting for a large international distribution organisation in respect of all of their property matters, including existing leasehold interests, but also including the development of a number of their properties. She has also acted on behalf of a developer in respect of a residential development within the wider King's Dock development in Liverpool.

Representative Experience

• Acting as lead fee earner on a £62m sale of a site to an investment fund for an international distribution client, including a leaseback of part of the site.
• Acting as lead assistant in respect of a development of residential apartments within a wider regeneration scheme at King's Dock, Liverpool.
• Acting on behalf of a number of wind farm operators and renewable energy companies in respect of their taking options of sites in order to develop wind farm projects. This involved dealing with the necessary leases and arrangements regarding access and connection to the National Grid.
• Acting for a national developer of warehouse units in respect of their letting of premises to an international occupier.
• Acting for NWDA in relation to a disposal of a warehouse.