Charlotte Whitehead

Senior Associate


+44 (0)7791 761 049
charlotte.whitehead@acuitylaw.com

ABOUT
EXPERTISE
WORK

Charlotte specialises in advising on commercial property transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, leases, development work and real estate financing. She acts for a variety of private and public sector clients, including individuals, charitable bodies and local, national and international companies. 

Charlotte has particular interest in non-contentious landlord and tenant matters.

  • Real transactions – acquisitions, disposals, financing, development and landlord and tenant work
  • Corporate support
  • Advising IQE on the historic deal to develop the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster in South Wales. The £38m deal was a landmark collaboration between Cardiff Capital Region City Deal, Welsh and UK Governments and IQE to establish a state-of-the-art foundry as an anchor in the region for high-end production of compound semiconductors in what is the first Cardiff City Region deal
  • Acting for LifeCare Residences, an international retirement community operator, on the real estate aspects of its complex financing and security arrangements, including development funding for London's first luxury retirement community in Battersea and subsequent refinancings of its retirement villages in the UK
  • Advising the seller on the £15m sale of its leasehold interest of a 78,000 sq. ft. landmark office in Leeds city centre. Property was subject to a lease to HMRC and transaction structured as a transfer of a going concern
  • Advising LifeCare Residences Limited on existing and future luxury retirement villages in London and the South East
  • Advising LifeCare Residences Limited on existing and future luxury retirement villages in London and the South East
  • Providing day to day support to significant landlord clients on estate management and landlord and tenant matters