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Robert is a partner in the Gerald Eve planning & development and structured finance teams, based in the West End. He has been with the firm since 1986 and, in the mid-1990s, Robert managed the firm’s Polish operations. He has provided advice on a variety of commercial property throughout England and on mainland Europe. Robert has specialised in the field of development consultancy and finance including project co-ordination, strategic planning, financial and risk analysis, feasibility studies and the funding and bringing forward a wide range of schemes on behalf of public, private and corporate clients. Since 2007 Robert has also been partner responsible for research in Gerald Eve.
Robert’s experience has a strong transactional base particularly in devising practical solutions to complex property issues and the subsequent structuring and negotiation of associated documentation. He has dealt with major acquisitions and disposals of real estate, a number of joint ventures, as well as land assembly and advice upon large mixed-use development schemes.
Increasingly Robert has been asked to advise upon the risk associated with investment and development projects and how this can be quantified and managed. This has involved advising and applying various modelling techniques including VaR, simulation, real options analysis and property derivatives. Robert is a contributing author to Applied Risk Analysis (2003); Real Options Analysis (2005); and Modelling Risk (2006) published by Wiley. He was also invited to present a paper on Investment Holding Periods at the 2005 IPD/IPF conference. Robert also presented papers on UK real estate volatility and real options at the 2006 and 2007 European Real Estate Society conferences. He also oversees the firm's quarterly Investment Brief publication.
Robert is an experienced expert witness who has provided evidence upon valuation, financial, viability, and development matters at various public inquiries and in the High Court. In addition Robert provides advice on financial viability in respect of affordable housing provision and planning obligations within schemes utilising both bespoke and the GLA Development Control Toolkit – also known as the ‘Three Dragons’ model.
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