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Richard is a partner based in our City office, with over 20 years’ experience at Gerald Eve, advising on a range of property tax / rating, landlord & tenant and valuation issues. Over the last 12 years, he has specialised in providing strategic rating advice both to occupiers and landlords in the City and Docklands. He currently represents a large number of blue chip companies, predominantly in the insurance and banking sectors, including JPMorgan Chase, Prudential, Standard Life, BP, Swiss Re, Credit Suisse, ING Bank and Société Générale.
Over the course of the 2005 List, he has so far secured savings for City ratepayers of over £50m, with successful appeals achieving average reductions in RV of circa 20%.
Specific experience
Advising Swiss Re throughout the development of their iconic building at 30 St Mary Axe, including agreeing the assessment of the office floors and the ‘top of building’ bar and restaurant
Appointed by the City of London Corporation to deal with the investment and occupied portfolio, including the main Guildhall complex which has recently undergone a major refurbishment and rebuild
Acting on behalf of Unilever in relation to their new HQ building on Victoria Embankment and the UK head offices of other major financial institutions in the City such as Prudential, SocGen and ING
Managing large national portfolios such as JPMorgan Chase, Gala Coral, Standard Life and Kaplan Financial
Advising Standard Life on its entire occupational and investment portfolio across the UK
Devising specific strategies in respect of empty properties to mitigate empty rate liability for numerous institutional and private landlords, including Standard Life Investments, Aberdeen Property Investors and Invesco Real Estate
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