Helen Monro Legal Director

Helen Monro

Helen works with both property developers and investors, advising on acquisitions, disposals, lettings and ongoing management of their real estate assets.

When purchasing land for commercial development, establishing that the land is fit for purpose is crucial. Helen has an accurate and efficient approach, focusing on the practical steps needed to assure her clients that their investment is worthwhile.

For investors she is adept at adapting to their specific objectives and takes a commercial perspective on the overall management of their portfolio, assisting them to get the best return on each individual asset – whether that be by disposal, active management or acquiring new property.

Working across the full range of asset classes, Helen appreciates that bringing her best to every transaction and building trusted relationships with her clients is just as important as the law and strives to get them where they need to be

Clients

Developers of and investors in commercial property, including St Modwen and Schroders.

Experience

• Project managing a restructure and refinance of St Modwen's logistics portfolio, coordinating fee earners from five different law firms across real estate, construction and planning.
• Acting for Schroders on a logistics swap deal with SEGRO. Schroders acquired a portfolio of six assets totalling 880,000 sq ft from SEGRO for £205 million while SEGRO has acquired a 256,000 sq ft urban warehouse estate in West London for £140 million from Schroders.
• Advising St Modwen in relation to the development and letting of various industrial units in Stoke-on-Trent and Derby.
• Acting on the investment sale of a shopping centre with over 120 units.
• Advising a developer in relation to the acquisition and forward funding or forward purchasing various roadside retail schemes.
• Acting on the acquisition and forward funding of a mixed use development at Circus Street, Brighton, including four residential blocks comprising c. 150 units with ancillary ground floor retail units, as well as student accommodation and offices.
• Acting on the investment purchase of a fully let office building of over 130,000 square feet.