Land Law

Summary

The Land Law Committee is one of the lead CLLS committees in preparing model precedent documents for use across the legal profession for land law transactions, including its certificate of title documents, and wayleave agreements. The committee covers areas such as commercial leasehold, and reform of commonhold and leasehold properties.

Chair

Matthew Hooton

Matthew Hooton

Committee Chair / Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Matthew has almost three decades of experience in all facets of legal and commercial work the real estate sector. He acts for buyers and seller on investment deals, advising on complex tax matters, corporate structures and joint venture arrangements. He acts for landlords and tenants on portfolios and trophy buildings and advises developers in connection with site assemblies, options, pre-emptions, pre lets, forward fundings and forward purchases.

Email:
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Committee Members

Vice-Chair: David Hawkins (Norton Rose Fulbright LLP)

Nick Barnes (Macfarlanes LLP)

Andy Bruce (Linklaters LLP)

Christopher Cartwright (Addleshaw Goddard LLP)

Caroline DeLaney (Stevens Bolton LLP)

Adrian Footer (Druces LLP)

Tom Goldsmith (Eversheds Sutherland LLP)

Nick Harris (Reed Smith LLP)

Simon Kenley (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP)

Paul Kenny (City of London Solicitors' Company)

Omer Maroof (DLA Piper UK LLP)

Henry Moss (Ashurst LLP)

John Nevin (Slaughter and May)

Anthony Newton (Pinsent Mason LLP)

Franc Pena (Clifford Chance LLP)

Julian Pollock (Herbert Smith Freehills LLP)

Sarah Walker (Travers Smith LLP)

Alex Watt (Freshfields LLP)

Patrick Williams (Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP)

Emma Willoughby (A&O Shearman LLP)

Secretary: Warren Gordon (CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP)

Associate member: Katherine Lang (Baker & McKenzie LLP)

Minutes of Committee Meetings