Robert Barham

Expertise

Freehold and leasehold residential property sales and purchases, both registered and unregistered, for urban and country properties including contract races and auction transactions
Advice to lenders on purchases, sales and security documentation
General advice on property transactions to clients based both in the UK and overseas, including individuals, trustees, charitable bodies and financial institutions
Advising on structuring ownership of mixed use buildings and blocks of flats to avoid the right of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Advising tenant freehold associations and management companies on block management issues
Adviser to garden committees under the advice scheme operated by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Advised on the sale and purchase of residential properties with values in excess of £20 million
Advised on the acquisition, management and disposal of garden squares
Advised on the sale and purchase of a large block of flats with consideration of Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 issues
Advised on the creation of leases of roof areas to secure landlords’ development rights in blocks of flats and mixed use buildings
Advised on the creation and legal structure of a significant new ground rent fund
Advised on the use of historic statues to secure funding for the refurbishment of a Grade 1 historic mansion in Yorkshire
Extensive experience of management issues affecting a law firm