Matthew Copeland

Areas of expertise

Matthew’s areas of expertise include:

• Lease negotiations on behalf of landlords and tenants
• Site acquisitions and disposals for commercial, residential and mixed use development
• Commercial and residential portfolio sales and purchases
• Property auction sales and purchases
• Portfolio management including licences to underlet/assign/alter, lease renewals/extensions
• Secured lending, acting for both lenders and borrowers
• Overage agreements, Options, pre-emption rights and conditional contracts

Recent Work

• Acting for a charity acquiring a commercial ground rent portfolio of over 50 properties.
• Acting for a family property company on the freehold of a large residential development with over 50 units whilst simultaneously selling 4 of the leasehold units to the same buyer.
• Acting for a SIPP in relation to the purchase and leaseback of a commercial property within a complex ownership and lending structure.
• Acting for a peer to peer lender in relation to development finance.
• Acting for a property investor on the £4m refinance of a multi-let business park in Oxford.
• Acting for an entrepreneur on the purchase of an £18m house in an exclusive neighbourhood in Hampstead.

Professional Societies & Memberships

• Law Society

What clients have said

“I have had the pleasure of dealing with Matthew on many freehold and leasehold transactions over the past 3 years. Matthew’s attention to detail is superb. He is approachable and is always coming up with plausible solutions to challenging legal matters. Overall, Matthew is a great professional and a real pleasure to deal with. I would strongly recommend Matthew’s legal services at Kingsley Napley.” (A client, 2023)

“A great professional and a real pleasure to deal with.” (A client, 2023)

“Matthew’s attention to detail is superb.” (A client, 2023)