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SOPHIE PHILIPPON-THOMAS
PQE: 26 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2016 following a career at Freeths LLP and in- house at Leicester City Council. Sophie specialises in retail.
Career Highlights:
• Acquisition and subsequent management of a key industrial site as a pension fund investment for HSBC’s former investments arm
• £10m acquisition of a large trade centre for a local authority from a major UK property investment fund, guaranteeing rent exceeding £1m p.a.
JAN PUVI
PQE: 22 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2017 following a career at Gowling WLG. Jan is a property litigation specialist.
Career Highlights:
• Contentious issues arising out of the estates of Tesco, L&G, Zurich, Scottish and Newcastle plc and Westbrook
• Enforcement of covenants under the Lease, Licence and Agreements for Lease
• Pursuing dilapidations claims
• Advising on provisions in Development Agreement
JAMES VERNON-STROUD
PQE: 25 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2013 following a career as Head of Real Estate at Squire Patton Boggs. James specialises in large-scale and cross- border project management.
Career Highlights:
• Wind farm acquisitions and development advice to a UK based division of a German power company
• Led a team of 50 lawyers in creating a major UK Shopping Centre Fund including several of the UK’s largest and best known centres
• Acquisition of a UK storage business by Cintas Corporation’s European BV company based in Holland and re-gearing of the leasehold interests
LOUISE WOLFSON
PQE: 21 years
Career: Joined DJB as a Consultant in 2018 following a career at Allen & Overy and Pinsent Masons. Louise specialises in corporate transactions.
Career Highlights:
• Corporate nance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, capital raisings and listings
OTHER DJB INVESTMENT SPECIALISTS
Razina Akhtar Zaheer Bashir Stuart Bould Robin de Wreede Ben Fairhurst Tony Fitzmaurice
Emma Gormley Gemma Merry Samantha Paxton Louisa Swanton Andrew Taylor Jonathan Warner-Reed
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