Alexandria Kittlety

Alex is a commercial property partner specialising in advising corporate occupiers. Alex has vast experience advising the biggest names in retail on their retail portfolios, as well as advising corporate occupiers on their industrial and office requirements including head office and distribution warehouse acquisitions, disposals and relocations. Alex’s experience also spans the energy sector, advising in particular on solar panel schemes.

Alex’s edge is her combination of top-tier private practice experience as well as time spent in-house with large retailers. This gives her invaluable insight into what really matters to her clients which she applies day to day – prioritising speed, clarity and commercially driven solutions that help maximise value, remove obstacles and facilitate taking occupation or benefitting from cost savings promptly, as well as reducing risk during the transaction and ongoing occupation.

Alex is a strong believer that the legal elements of transactions should not add unnecessary complications or delays. Her approach is pragmatic and business-first: she strips away unnecessary legal complication, keeps transactions running smoothly with clear commercial advice. Her ethos is collaboration – working together with the client team and the other side to progress the transaction within the timescales.

How Alexandria can help you

Alex helps clients get the best value from their property portfolios through clear, commercial advice. She uses her experience to help clients avoid hidden costs and charges, and ensuring the smooth occupation of the premises. Her aim is always to get transactions through quickly and painlessly with a commercial approach and no legal jargon, so that her clients can take occupation or take advantage of cost savings promptly.

Alex’s vast knowledge and experience acting for occupiers and her connections in the industry means she is always ahead of the pulse on the hottest topics affecting occupiers and implementing appropriate commercially driven solutions.

Experience

• Acting for numerous retailers with large property portfolios, with a special interest in turnover rent structures and green clauses.
• Advising on a sale and leaseback for £8m sale value and £250k rent per annum.
• Acting for a corporate occupier in respect of their acquisition of a site at a rent of £1.6m per annum.
• Acting for a bank on their London head office relocation at a rent of £1.5m per annum.
• Acting for a retailer on their office premises acquisition in London at a rent of £3.5m per annum.
• New build retail premises, development agreement acting for the retailer with turnover rent lease and minimum rent of £500k per annum.
• Advising clients in relation to solar panel projects.

Recommendations

A valued member of our team and a safe pair of hands – but almost more importantly she is a great person to work with.

pro-active and able to communicate complex property related legal obligations very well…. she has been very much my ‘go to’ for all our property matters. A pleasure to work with.