About

I provide real estate services to corporate occupiers, investors, financiers and developers. I have a particular insight into clients' needs and expectations on service delivery having worked in-house on secondment as legal counsel to a listed projects and construction company.

I have particular expertise in advising on headquarter moves and in handling large global real estate portfolios dealing with multiple moves from multiple locations, working in partnership with clients' real estate consultants.

I act for a wide variety of corporate occupiers from a range of different sectors and in relation to a wide variety of assets - most notably offices, hotels, retail, leisure, restaurants, telecoms, data centres but also specialist facilities for hospitals, science parks and manufacturing sites.

Many of my clients are based outside of the UK and I am used to explaining transactions in a clear and commercial way. I am also able to provide advice in a user friendly way to senior executives so that this can be used for reporting purposes internally

I am also a member of CoreNET.

Experience

Commercial real estate

  • Advising on all aspects of the acquisition and disposal of properties, the negotiation of commercial leases and all related documentation
  • Advising companies on the acquisition of high value headquarter premises on a pre-let basis and dealing with general estate management I have dealt with significant high value HQ moves for law firms, advertising companies, media companies and technology global corporates
  • Advising clients within the media sector over many years, understanding the particular issues which arise for them ranging from a small startup company requiring short term space through to a large global corporate occupier with a very large real estate portfolio with a complex corporate structure
  • Advising on transactions from short term occupational arrangements, desk-sharing agreements, intra-group arrangements and shared services agreements through to dealing with a major leasehold acquisition of new headquarter premises with all the attendant fitting out documentation
  • Advising on issues arising out of company restructuring and handling the due diligence on mergers and acquisitions
  • Project managing transactions on an international basis as many of my clients have a global presence

Development

  • Advising local authorities, the private sector, landlords, tenants and banks in relation to all related aspects of development including site assembly, overage, development agreements conditional on planning and handling phased projects
  • Handling the corporate and real estate aspects of PFI projects in the health, road and education sectors
  • Developing green field sites as business parks, out of town shopping centres, city centre office and hotel developments as well as international mixed use leisure developments

Technology

  • Dealing with the roll out for a global telecoms provider which involved the drafting and negotiation of hundreds of mast leases, licences and easements in rooftop locations, agricultural land, sensitive residential sites and church spires In connection with my telecoms work
  • Dealing with site sharing agreements and cable agreements
  • Dealing with data centres and the acquisition and disposal of production facilities for technology companies

Testimonials

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'Rachel Francis-Lang is excellent. She sees the bigger picture.'
Legal 500
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