Retail

Our retail team takes a holistic approach to meeting the needs of our UK and international retail clients. When purchasing or leasing a retail property, we adopt a commercial focus, weighing up all legal and practical concerns. Our tailored package of retail services includes real estate advice, banking and finance, corporate aspects, dispute resolution, employment, health and safety and Trading Standards Prosecutions, among others.

Our large portfolio of retail clients means that we are sensitive to the issues that retailers face, whether on high streets, in shopping centres, in retail parks, in outlet centres or on the web. Our lawyers understand the whole retail business, not just shop leases.

We act for a substantial number of household name and “high end” fashion and luxury goods retailers, travel agents and coffee/food chains and have developed specialist industry knowledge in these areas. Our team is prized by our retail clients for understanding their businesses, for its commercial acumen and, above all, for getting the job done expertly, on time and with minimum fuss.

Recent work includes:

•  Completing drive-thru lease deals for Taco Bell (part of the Aldi group of companies);
• Rebranding units in Glasgow to Taco Bell and KFC;
• Taking leases of specifically built drive thru units for Starbucks Drive-Thru;
• Advising Mulberry in its exit from its flagship store in Glasgow and move to new Glasgow shop premises and carrying out property management work for TUI Group.​