I am the principal solicitor and owner of Paul Hawkes Legal, a solicitors' firm which started in December 2016. I am a first class lawyer, and have the certificate to prove it. I also have a masters in Law, higher litigation rights, a Mensa IQ and I am a Starmind Invitee. This means I have the skills to deal with truly difficult problems for my clients, as well as the more straightforward matters
arising day-to-day. My commercial property expertise goes right from purchase and sale of corner shops, through to secured lending on group companies (including chains of guarantees). Major jobs I have had a part in are:
buying and selling shopping centres
multi-million pound development sites
highway and infrastructure contracts
wind farm and energy site set-up
claw-backs and overage
planning and construction
site assembly and plot sales (leasehold and freehold)
buying into SIPPs
pubs, leisure, hotels,
charity land buying and selling. Specialities:Acquisition of, and setting up development sites and plot sale contracts, overviewing client project management, business sales and purchases, lease negotiation and renewals, buying and selling land subject to planning and clawbacks. Charity transactions. Heavyweight negotiations.
