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Fiona Edmond

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Fiona is a construction specialist advising developers, investors and occupiers across the offices, hotels, life sciences and data centre sectors.

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About

Fiona advises office developers on a wide range of construction projects and property transactions, including central London office and mixed-use developments.

Fiona also acts for hotel developers in respect of their asset maintenance and development and routinely acts for purchasers and tenants in relation to complex acquisitions and lettings. Fiona has extensive experience in the life sciences and data centre sectors.

Fiona has been ranked as a leading individual in Chambers & Partners every year since 2013.

Fiona is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Experience

Advising Derwent London Plc on:

  1. a £196 million building contract with Laing O'Rourke for the construction of a new theatre at one Soho Place. The scheme will contain 209,000 sq ft of offices, 36,000 sq ft of retail and a 40,000 sq ft theatre; and
  2. a £178 million contract with Multiplex for the redevelopment of 80 Charlotte Street, the former Saatchi & Saatchi HQ. Advising Derwent London on its lettings of 80 Charlotte Street with an annual rent of over £20 million

Other experience includes:

  • Advising Nike on its move to its new HQ 60,000 sq. ft in the Argent development at King’s Cross
  • Advising London & Regional Estates on refurbishment projects in its hotel portfolio, including the Strand Palace Hotel, Green Park Hotel and London Portman Hotel, among others
  • Advising BioMed Realty L.P. on the acquisition of a multi-let science park with a value of £130 million and subsequently on the construction documents for the extensive development of the park as well as all of the pre-letting agreements
  • Advising a data centre operator on the construction and lettings of its sites in England and Ireland

Our thinking

  • Property Patter: Upcoming Trends in Real Estate

    Fiona Edmond

    Podcasts

  • My Pro Bono Story

    Sarah Farrelly

    Insights

  • Life Sciences - Where Next?

    Fiona Edmond

    Quick Reads

  • Construction and the Multimodal Approach in the Life Sciences Industry

    Fiona Edmond

    Quick Reads

  • Second Wave of Inflation for Construction

    Fiona Edmond

    Quick Reads

  • Mixed-use development and Sustainability is at the heart of Life Sciences Development

    Fiona Edmond

    Quick Reads

  • A Material Cost to the Progress of Life Sciences Projects?

    Fiona Edmond

    Quick Reads

  • Fiona Edmond quoted in Building Magazine on the potential legal impact to contractors

    Fiona Edmond

    In The Press

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Derwent London on £158m building contract with Laing O’Rourke

    Fiona Edmond

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Derwent on Francis House letting to Edelman

    Fiona Edmond

    News

  • Fiona Edmond and Kerry Stares write for Estates Gazette on how sustainable building design is evolving to meet the demand for positive environmental and social impact

    Fiona Edmond

    In The Press

  • Fiona Edmond and Mark Smith write for Property Week on data centres as an infrastructure asset class

    Fiona Edmond

    In The Press

  • Infra.law - Spring 2021

    Michael O'Connor

    Insights

  • Keeping Up With Construction: Pre-procurement - Practical Pointers

    Fiona Edmond

    Podcasts

  • Wooden towers – the rise of the “plyscraper”

    Katherine Keenan

    Quick Reads

  • COVID-19: Considerations for companies

    Megan Paul

    Insights

  • Datacentres and Hydrogen: A New Dawn

    Fiona Edmond

    Quick Reads

  • The New Normal: Responsible contracting in the COVID-19 era

    Jane Burrows

    Podcasts

  • COVID-19 – Suspending construction works, time and money

    Fiona Edmond

    Insights

  • Fiona Edmond and Christopher Busaileh write for the Practical Law Construction Blog on the impact of Coronavirus on construction contracts

    Fiona Edmond

    In The Press

  • COVID-19: time and money under JCT

    Fiona Edmond

    Insights

  • International Women’s Day 2020 – 8 Women for 8 March

    Charlotte Pender

    News

  • Collateral Warranties or Third Party Rights?

    Fiona Edmond

    Insights

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