Ola Olayinka

My Approach

A focus on the most practical solutions available, tailored to deliver the best value. Aiming always for a firm appreciation of how clients like to work in order to make my input directly relevant and integral to the client’s business.

Area of Expertise

• Land acquisitions & disposals for development – conditional agreements, option agreements and overage agreements
• Business leases and related landlord and tenant transactions
• Corporate support and the commercial property elements of share purchase/sale transactions
• Secured commercial lending

Recent Work

• Acting for the south-east division of a national retirement homes developer in a site acquisition from a major UK supermarket chain. Over a four-year period, an extended conditional contract and various agreements for ancillary works and licence arrangements being required in support of the acquisition and development
• Acting for a UK family trust in the review, restructure and distribution of its £12m London commercial property portfolio (ongoing)
• Advising a regional motor vehicle retailer in a full scope agreement for lease for a new-build motorcycle sales & servicing unit in Bournemouth – its first such premises
• Acting for a private London-based developer on a first land acquisition for residential development

Professional Associations & Qualifications

• Joined the firm December 2022 as a Senior Associate
• Qualified as a solicitor in 2006
• Diploma in Professional Legal Practice from College of Law, Guildford
• LLB (Hons) (Business Law) Law Degree from University of Derby