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THERESA CHONG

PARTNER


Admitted as a Solicitor:  2004

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel:      020 3026 1170

Email: theresa.chong@djblaw.co.uk

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Commercial Property

Landlord and Tenant

Real Estate Support

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Theresa is experienced in a wide range of general commercial property matters, but has substantial experience in the retail and investment sectors, particularly in the asset management of large property portfolios, having been a senior member of client service teams acting for household name retail occupiers, public sector, offshore property funds and individual property investors with large national portfolios of commercial and industrial estates. She is well-versed in all aspects of landlord and tenant work from both the landlord and tenant’s perspectives, having acted for retail tenants and investor landlords.

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Theresa also provides property support on corporate transactions and has both worked on and managed large-scale real estate project work involving securitisation, refinancing, acquisitions and disposals of commercial and retail property portfolios, and the preparation of certificates of title.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

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Highlights include advising:

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  • Acted for two national household name retailers in managing their respective portfolios of over 2000 retail and supply-chain properties. 

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  • Acted for a national retailer in the development and roll-out of special projects (rebranding of stores nationwide following a merger/take-over of retail groups, transfers of property holdings following a group restructure and de-merger and implementation of specific partnership programmes within retail stores nationwide requiring complex sub-lease and franchising arrangements).

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  • Dealt with all aspects of landlord asset management work for offshore unit trusts and property investment funds with over a hundred commercial office buildings and industrial estates located across England and Wales. 

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  • Acted as project manager on the disposal and securitisation of a £172M portfolio of holiday caravan parks for a national leisure operator.

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  • Acting as property legal adviser for a national university - providing legal and strategic advice on the management of the university's national property portfolio

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ABOUT DAVITT JONES BOULD​

As the largest, most experienced law firm specialising in real estate in the UK, we have been trusted advisors to the real estate market for 25 years. We have over 75 lawyers, all of whom joined us from senior in-house or private practice roles, and bring an average of 25 years’ post qualification experience each. With their expertise and commercial experience, we advise a prestigious client base in the public and private sector on the full spectrum of real estate legal issues, including commercial property, planning, property litigation, construction, environment, real estate finance and other related areas. Operating in our specialist area uniquely positions us to help other professional firms, and through our Real Estate Support solution we support teams in the silver circle, UK Top 30, US Top 50, the Big Four and beyond.

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