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Ella Ward

Senior Associate

Ella Ward

About Ella

Ella qualified as a Solicitor in 2013. She is a Senior Associate in the Commercial Property team. Ella has acted for a variety of clients in relation to commercial property matters, including major high street retailers, restaurant and pub chains, pension funds, institutional landlords and charities. Ella has a particular specialism in commercial occupier matters, advising and acting for clients in relation to acquiring, occupying and disposing of property, and also has experience of acting for landlord, developer and investor clients across a range of property transactions. Ella prioritises building relationships with clients in order to understand where real estate fits in their wider strategy, so that she can provide bespoke advice for each client's individual requirements.

Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial occupier matters including leases, licences, surrenders and regears
  • Conditional and unconditional site acquisitions and disposals
  • Advising and acting for charities in relation to property
  • Providing real estate support to a variety of corporate transactions

TESTIMONIALS

What Ella's clients say...

Paul and Ella supported us on the lease of a whole building in London, and the quality of their service was excellent from start to finish. It was clear they have a huge amount of experience in this area — they were able to anticipate many of the issues we faced and helped make sure everything was handled properly. Paul did a great job guiding us through the onboarding process and acting as our client partner. Ella was heavily involved day to day and provided fantastic support throughout the transaction. She’s clearly highly knowledgeable, diligent and detail-oriented. very knowledgeable and thorough. On many occasions, she went above and beyond to provide excellent client service, including working well outside standard office hours to ensure deadlines were met. Overall, we’re very grateful to both of them for the role they played in getting the transaction done. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to others, and we really appreciated the support they provided.

Client

Ella was excellent to work with throughout the transaction. Always available, diligent and responsive. She handled the legal conveyancing professionally but what stood out for me was her commerciality. I look forward to working together again.

Sam

Professional and diligent service. Good response times and pragmatic approach. Great to work with.

Client

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Leases: Hidden costs for commercial occupiers
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Leases: Hidden costs for commercial occupiers

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