Kayleigh Stevenson

Senior Associate
Kayleigh finds pragmatic solutions to navigate and execute success across her client’s property portfolios.
Kayleigh finds pragmatic solutions to navigate and execute success across her client’s property portfolios.

About

Kayleigh is a confident and thoughtful lawyer who has excellent experience across the commercial property sector with a focus on retail, logistics and warehousing and investment work.

She supports clients on a breadth of real estate transactions including acquisitions and disposals, development projects, investment management and landlord and tenant matters. Kayleigh joined Stevens & Bolton as a trainee solicitor in 2015 and qualified into the commercial real estate practice in 2017.

Kayleigh works with clients on lettings and development of retail units, office spaces and warehousing, logistics and industrial sites. Kayleigh provides agile and quality support on the real estate aspects of M&A and restructuring and refinancing projects.

Kayleigh is responsive and collaborative lawyer. Kayleigh builds collaborative relationships with her clients, providing a commercial and insightful perspective to any transaction. Kayleigh provides focused advice to her clients to enable them to achieve their real estate goals.

Expertise
Franchising Real estate and construction Hospitality and leisure Industrial and logistics

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Acting for a property investment company in a £10m refinancing transaction involving a very large number of properties;
    • Acting for a residential developer on the acquisition of a site in London for the development of circa 250 flats together with a leaseback of part to the seller;
    • Advising a large international franchisor in the dining industry on its property portfolio management and acquisitions;
    • Acting for a client on the acquisition of a national portfolio of petrol filling stations and assisting with the ongoing integration and consolidation of its property portfolio. This project involved multiple lenders and stakeholders and a large level of co-ordination and management across multiple legal teams;
    • Advising a national supplier of domestic products in its acquisition and development of a brand new 50,000 sq ft warehouse. This project involved complex due diligence and planning issues.
  • Qualifications and recognition
    • Kayleigh is part of the firm’s retail sector group and luxury and fashion sector group.
    • Kayleigh has written a number of articles mainly focusing on the retail property space and is an active member in the Junior Property Professional network.
  • Acting for a property investment company in a £10m refinancing transaction involving a very large number of properties;
  • Acting for a residential developer on the acquisition of a site in London for the development of circa 250 flats together with a leaseback of part to the seller;
  • Advising a large international franchisor in the dining industry on its property portfolio management and acquisitions;
  • Acting for a client on the acquisition of a national portfolio of petrol filling stations and assisting with the ongoing integration and consolidation of its property portfolio. This project involved multiple lenders and stakeholders and a large level of co-ordination and management across multiple legal teams;
  • Advising a national supplier of domestic products in its acquisition and development of a brand new 50,000 sq ft warehouse. This project involved complex due diligence and planning issues.
  • Kayleigh is part of the firm’s retail sector group and luxury and fashion sector group.
  • Kayleigh has written a number of articles mainly focusing on the retail property space and is an active member in the Junior Property Professional network.
Kayleigh helps clients take proactive steps towards their goals, she is determined and committed to achieving success through collaboration and a focused approach.

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