Jane Hamilton

Professional Support Lawyer

Commercial landlord and tenant | Commercial landowners | Developers | Financing commercial property | Investment property | Real Estate

M: 07551 581194
T: 01225 459977 (DDI)
jane.hamilton@rwkgoodman.com
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About Jane:

Jane is a Professional Support Lawyer in our Real Estate team.

Jane is our Knowledge Lawyer within the Real Estate team, co-ordinating and delivering training and legal updates, drafting template documents and providing technical legal advice to the real estate team.

Before joining RWK Goodman Jane spent over 20 years working as a fee earner in two international law firms and in the London offices of two highly regarded regional law firms, where her practice covered cradle to grave land development, commercial property sales and purchases and commercial landlord and tenant work.  During that time, she acted for a broad range of clients, including institutional investors, pension funds, commercial landlords and tenants, charities and banks.

Jane is particularly interested in exploring how technology can be strategically deployed to improve and enhance the service the firm offers clients. She is chair of the firm’s Real Estate Tech Committee and a member of the firm’s Commercial Division Tech Committee.

Specialisms:

  • Landlord & tenant work – pre-let, letting, renewal, assignment;
  • Land development work;
  • Commercial premises sales and purchases – stand alone, mixed use premises, shopping centres, distribution and logistics estates, portfolio acquisition by asset and share sale structures;
  • Commercial sale and leasebacks;
  • Re-financing.

Learn more about Jane's areas of expertise:

Real Estate

Our focus is getting to know our clients’ businesses so that we can provide commercially attuned legal advice.
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Developers

As a commercial developer you will want to make sure your projects are completed to time and budget, optimally funded and that your risks are mitigated as far as possible.

Financing a commercial property

We have an experienced team of property and finance lawyers, who understand all the legal complexities; we will guide you through the legal process so that you can complete, quickly.

Commercial landlord and tenant lawyers

Whatever side of the relationship you’re on, we have an expert team of landlord and tenant solicitors to help you quickly sort out any issues - we have the knowledge and skills to make it happen.

Commercial landowners

There are a range of legal issues that you’ll need to overcome to profit from your land. Our team of real estate solicitors are experts in many areas that help commercial landowners.

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