Dave is a partner in the commercial property team, with a practice focused on acquisitions, disposals, lettings, financing, development, and secured lending. He also advises on the real estate aspects of corporate acquisitions and financing.
Dave’s clients include a wide range of private companies, business owners, developers, corporate landlords and tenants, involving commercial property acquisitions, disposals, and landlord-tenant matters.
Dave has particular expertise in hotels, care homes, pharmacies, offices, retail units, and industrial warehouses.
Expertise
- Commercial property acquisitions and disposals
- Freehold and leasehold premises
- Lettings
- Financing
- Corporate acquisitions
Experience
Property
- Advised and acted on the property aspects in connection with the disposal of the shares in a prominent hotel in London for circa £95m.
- Acted for a high-net-worth private landlord on the refinance of a portfolio of 26 properties.
- Acted for a high-net-worth landlord on an intergroup transfer of a portfolio of over 20 properties.
- Acted for a high-net-worth private landlord on the purchase and finance of a portfolio of 17 properties.
- Acted for a property investor on the purchase of a multi-let office block and dealt with the letting of office units.
Hotels, Hospitality & Leisure
- Acted and assisted on the property aspects of the refinancing of two substantial and well-known hotels in central London.
- Acted for a high-net-worth hotel operator on the acquisition of a franchised international airport hotel in the UK.
- Acted for an overseas multiple hotel operator on the acquisition and finance of its first hotel in the UK.
- Acted for a hotel operator on the acquisition, financing and refinancing of a number of its portfolio of privately operated UK hotels and acquisition of a multinational franchised hotel.
- Acted for a multiple hotel operator on the acquisition of two hotels in the UK.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Acted for an independent pharmacy chain based across London, Kent, Surrey and West Sussex on acquisitions, disposals and refinancing of its pharmacy portfolio.
- Acted for a number of private operators of pharmacies on the acquisition of pharmacies by way of asset purchases and acted on the property aspects in respect of share purchases.
- Dealt with the acquisition and disposal of care homes for care home operators by way of asset sales, advising on property aspects of share sales and purchases.
- Acted for a number of private operators of pharmacies in respect of the grant and renewal of leases of their business premises.
Retail
- Acted for a substantial property owner on the letting of its retail portfolio to tenants including high-street banks, supermarkets and restaurants.
- Acted for a high-net-worth property investor on the letting of a parade of retail units in central London.
- Acted for a high-net-worth property owner on the letting of premises in London to a multinational luxury fashion house.
- Acted for a franchisee on the acquisition by way of asset purchases of convenience stores operating under a substantial UK franchise.
- Acted for independent property owners on the letting of restaurant premises.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Career
Dave qualified as a solicitor in 2010. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2025, he worked at the following firms:
- Adams & Remers