Adrian specialises in property development work, particularly planning and environmental issues. He has significant expertise in brownfield development, particularly the complex issues involving contaminated land, and the re-use of listed buildings.
Adrian has dealt with a wide range of property types including residential developments, warehouses, factories, railway buildings, power stations and other industrial developments.
Adrian has purchased and sold properties for investment and/or development in the City and West End of London and elsewhere at values between £20 million - £40 million. He has also acted on the purchase of a chemical plant for £45 million. Recent/significant transactions include:
Landowner
- Acting for members of a consortium of landowners on the sale of land for residential development. Overall value of consortium land in excess of £100 million.
- Acting for a consortium of landowners on the sale of land for development. Value £3 million.
- Sale of hotel on a contract conditional on planning for residential development. Value in excess of £2 million.
Industrial operator
- Acting for tenant on a new lease at a rent of £3 million per year. Value £15 million.
- Sale of contaminated industrial site with monies allocated to cover clean-up costs and purchaser obligations to remediate. Value £5 million.
Developer
Leisure sector
- Purchase of a hotel as a going concern. Value £2 million.
- Property aspects of refinancing for client. Value £8 million.
Adrian qualified in 1981 at Blythe Owen, and spent a year at the Department of the Environment. He joined Henmans in 2006 as a partner from Kingsley Napley, where he had also been a partner.
Adrian is accredited by the Law Society as a planning specialist and is a member of the UK Environmental Law Association and the Royal Town & Country Planning Institute.