About Matt
Matt Stephens has a broad practice including development, investment, and secured lending work, with a focus on landlord and tenant matters and particularly the retail and leisure sectors, in which he has been operating for the past 14 years.
Matt’s clients range from well-known high street and supermarket retailers, to international fitness operators, major UK banks and significant property investors.
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- Matt leads on London acquisitions for arguably the UK’s fastest growing discount grocery retailer.
- Acts for Spotify on all UK real estate matters.
- Matt has handled all property aspects of ON Running’s entry into the UK market, including the flag ship store on Regent Street and the company’s new UK headquarters.
- Acts for David Lloyd Leisure in respect of site acquisitions for new clubs, with the first already secured and several more in the pipeline.
- Matt and his team act for Henley Fund Management in respect of two of their secure income unit trusts across England with multiple acquisitions active at any given time.
- Acted for Hello Fresh on the acquisition of their most recent food preparation, packaging and distribution centre in the East Midlands
- Advised on all commercial elements of a significant mixed-use development in Finsbury Park, North London, including all office and hospitality lettings. Also advised the investors on exit strategy.
- Advises various gym and leisure operators on their UK property portfolios, including Orange Theory Fitness, Surge Fitness and Anytime Fitness.
- Acts for well-known high street fashion retailers on their UK acquisitions and portfolio management. Brands include Calvin
- Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Missoma, Joseph, Williams Sonoma and Beyond Retro.
- Works closely with real estate finance team at Freeths in relation to significant funding structures for high street and specialist lenders in the UK market.
- Acts for a London property investment company on purchases around London with lot values of up to £50M.
- Matt has previously acted for Network Rail on their new lease and estate management work across the main station portfolio and also for Westfield on all lease related matters at Stratford.
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