Annabel Godson

Annabel is an Associate in our Lease Consultancy team and joined Gerald Eve in 2012. She specialises in rent reviews, lease renewals and lease regears of offices, restaurants and retail premises. She advises clients throughout the duration of the lease event from providing budgets and advising on the interpretation of leases to negotiation and conclusion of cases.

Annabel also acts as an Expert Witness in rent review disputes before Arbitrators and Independent Experts.

Specific experience

Central London experience advising major land owners including Grosvenor and Soho Estates.

Annabel acts for Soho Estates in connection with rent reviews and lease renewals across their London estate. Recently, Annabel has concluded rent reviews on a number of well-known restaurant and leisure premises including Angus Steakhouse, Garfunkles and Pizza Hut on Leicester Square and Ronnie Scott’s on Frith Street. Annabel also advises on the retail premises along Soho’s famous ‘high street’ – Old Compton Street.

Annabel has expertise in the Belgravia office market and advises the Grosvenor Estate on properties on Grosvenor Gardens, Eccleston Street, Buckingham Palace Road, Ebury Street and Eaton Gate.

Other landlord client’s include Christ’s Hospital Foundation, Raymond Estates and Morden College.

Annabel also provides advice to large corporate occupiers both inside and outside of London. Her clients include Arthur J Gallagher, IWG and Towergate.

For IWG, Annabel is providing rent review advice across their portfolio of leasehold properties in locations including Harrow, Leatherhead and Bournemouth as well as central London locations such as Marble Arch.