The Metropolis of London industrial regulation agency Laytons ETL has launched an actual property company workforce.
The division will service giant company occupiers, together with PLCs, in addition to company traders, throughout all main asset courses, together with workplaces, retail, betting, industrial and logistics.
The company division shall be led collectively by companions Simon Jones and Scott Hilton.
Jones stated: “This launch displays the standing of our workforce as an more and more vital participant on the company actual property scene.
“During the last couple of years we’ve made vital progress bringing on board a wide range of large nationwide and worldwide manufacturers.
“This new apply, which brings in experience from throughout the agency, will allow us to supply the centered however multi-disciplinary service they require, and to determine ourselves as a key participant within the sector.”
Jones has been a accomplice at Laytons ETL since its merger in 2022 with the specialist industrial actual property agency he owned and led, Cannings Connolly.
Hilton joined Laytons ETL final 12 months from the London workplace of US agency Armstrong Teasdale, having beforehand constructed up his apply working for Metropolis companies.
Different members of the brand new workforce embrace Senior Associates Harry O’Donnell and Shaan Patel, and Affiliate Sophie Hartley, supported by Govt Assistants Liz Wills and Kerry-Ann Matticks.
The division will work intently with Laytons ETL’s tax and company groups to supply specialist recommendation on funding issues and the actual property components of company transactions.
It is going to additionally collaborate with colleagues within the agency’s dispute decision apply to handle actual property points that come up in conditions of company insolvency and restructuring.
Hilton stated: “By specializing in the wants of company shoppers, our new apply will allow us to boost the service we provide to the rising variety of big-ticket shoppers who’ve chosen Laytons ETL as their authorized accomplice, and likewise present us with a platform from which to develop additional on this market.”
