Jonathan Erdman

Jonathan advises on commercial acquisitions, lettings, finance, and sales, including ground rents, student halls, bridging finance, 999-year lease break-ups, and acts for high-net-worth foreign investors across Central and Greater London.

• Acted in the acquisition of a parade and offices in Central and Greater London, including dealing with the finance and sales, where the client carried out a 40-unit residential scheme. Work included off-plan plot sales (including Help to Buy Scheme), and the break-up of long lease investments of commercial parts, and sale of part of the car park for future development with the benefit of planning.
• Acted on behalf of a ground rent freehold investor in respect of its acquisition and re-finance of 7,000 leasehold units, in relation to property management (lease extensions and enfranchisement), acquisition of further ground rent portfolios.
• Acted for Middle East investors in the acquisition of a halls of residence student accommodation at the University of Newcastle, together with bespoke tax structuring.
• Represented a Saudi Arabian property investor on the multi-million-pound acquisition of student halls belonging to the University of Newcastle with a view for large-scale development.

Jonathan advises on mixed-use acquisitions, 999-year lease break-ups, lease regularisation, bridging finance, Section 5 Notices, and investment sales, including rapid sub-sales of residential and commercial parades within tight timeframes.

• Acquisition of mixed residential and commercial site in the Home Counties and regularisation of existing commercial leases to enable investment sale of commercial units on 999 lease terms and the sale of residential units, the refinance of entire site and eventual sale by way of Section 5 Notices.
• Acquisition and sub-sale of mixed residential and commercial parade. Acquired and sold within 5-working-day time frame.