<![CDATA[Real Estate Law Bitesize Series]]>febd2266-6bb9-555c-8dee-74dce83c085dFri, 18 Aug 2023 11:30:26 +0000Captivate.fmTravers Smithhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/05b053f9-dc04-4246-9b9e-9cfbbf23a649/1pilv6ovrtbfgcx-gjndctma.pngReal Estate Law Bitesize SeriesTravers SmithTravers SmithThis series of bitesize podcasts provide a chance to hear from various members of Travers Smith's Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the real estate sector. https://travers-smith-real-estate-law-bitesize.captivate.fmnoepisodicnopodcastEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022Episode 8 of the bitesize series covers the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, and the upcoming deadline of 31 January 2023 to register overseas entities on the new Register of Overseas Entities at Companies House. Sarah Faull and Gareth Wynne discuss how the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 will affect all overseas entities who own or are looking to own qualifying real estate in the UK. Failure to comply can result in financial or even criminal penalties so it is important that entities are made aware and start the registration process sooner rather than later.

]]>Episode 8 of the bitesize series covers the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, and the upcoming deadline of 31 January 2023 to register overseas entities on the new Register of Overseas Entities at Companies House. Sarah Faull and Gareth Wynne discuss how the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 will affect all overseas entities who own or are looking to own qualifying real estate in the UK. Failure to comply can result in financial or even criminal penalties so it is important that entities are made aware and start the registration process sooner rather than later.

]]>494d5a6e-f5b0-482d-9347-880906494b36Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +010011:35nofull18181Travers SmithEpisode 7 bonus: Heat revisitedEpisode 7 bonus: Heat revisitedThis series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.

Heat revisited

Following the release of the government's heat and buildings strategy Senior Counsel Sarah Walker and Senior Counsel John Buttanshaw have recorded a follow up conversation to last week's episode on heat to discuss the implications of the strategy. 

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Heat revisited

Following the release of the government's heat and buildings strategy Senior Counsel Sarah Walker and Senior Counsel John Buttanshaw have recorded a follow up conversation to last week's episode on heat to discuss the implications of the strategy. 

]]>e381c066-42f5-4068-a58c-3b4e7cb78a5dSun, 24 Oct 2021 19:00:00 +010009:02nobonus17171Travers SmithHeat: Sustainable infrastructure and building efficiencyHeat: Sustainable infrastructure and building efficiencyThis series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.

In the seventh of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Senior Counsel, John Buttanshaw, discuss the latest hot topics in the real estate world when it comes to sustainable infrastructure, different types of heating networks and the key regulatory challenges. 

]]>This series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.

In the seventh of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Senior Counsel, John Buttanshaw, discuss the latest hot topics in the real estate world when it comes to sustainable infrastructure, different types of heating networks and the key regulatory challenges. 

]]>5ecfbd87-1c46-439f-8008-ab2ea64c485cMon, 18 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +010030:57nofull17171Travers SmithTenant's Works and Tax - don't get caught outTenant's Works and Tax - don't get caught outThis series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.

In the sixth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Associate, Aimee Hutchinson, discuss the latest hot topics in the real estate tax world when it comes to tenant's works, including the new VAT Reverse Charge and the Super Deduction.

]]>This series of bitesize videos will be a chance to hear from various members of the Real Estate team on need-to-know updates and topical issues in the sector.

In the sixth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Associate, Aimee Hutchinson, discuss the latest hot topics in the real estate tax world when it comes to tenant's works, including the new VAT Reverse Charge and the Super Deduction.

]]>a95ed882-4c96-4b02-b20f-775dfd76f8ecFri, 18 Jun 2021 00:30:00 +010012:36nofull16161Travers SmithNew use classes - Part 2New use classes - Part 2So, what's stopping you changing?: reflections on the new use classes - Part 2


In the fifth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Head of Planning, Romola Parish, discuss the new use classes.

]]>So, what's stopping you changing?: reflections on the new use classes - Part 2


In the fifth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Head of Planning, Romola Parish, discuss the new use classes.

]]>4ff0fe70-f161-40b5-bf92-970b6440d885Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +010013:16nofull15151Travers SmithNew use classes - Part 1New use classes - Part 1So, what's stopping you changing?: reflections on the new use classes - Part 1


In the fifth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Head of Planning, Romola Parish, discuss the new use classes.

]]>So, what's stopping you changing?: reflections on the new use classes - Part 1


In the fifth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Head of Planning, Romola Parish, discuss the new use classes.

]]>8b6f25bc-acef-46f5-8b71-00c88c139bc2Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +010008:43nofull15151Travers SmithESG and Real EstateESG and Real EstateIn the fourth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Associates Elizabeth Duan and Neela Bhurtun, discuss the challenges ESG is causing the Real Estate sector, how their investments are being affected, and what asset managers now need to consider moving past Covid-19 and into the rest of the decade. In the session they consider:

  • What social impact investing looks like
  • Investing in an environmental way
  • Portfolio vs. asset level reporting
  • Carbon offsetting
  • What asset managers need to consider

]]>In the fourth of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker, and Associates Elizabeth Duan and Neela Bhurtun, discuss the challenges ESG is causing the Real Estate sector, how their investments are being affected, and what asset managers now need to consider moving past Covid-19 and into the rest of the decade. In the session they consider:

  • What social impact investing looks like
  • Investing in an environmental way
  • Portfolio vs. asset level reporting
  • Carbon offsetting
  • What asset managers need to consider

]]>5431fb82-11a7-4349-b4d3-97df62afabfcMon, 07 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +010010:13nofull14141Travers SmithAGAS and GAGAs: what are they and are you exposed?AGAS and GAGAs: what are they and are you exposed?In the third of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker and Knowledge Counsel Sarah Faull take a look at AGAs and GAGAs. As various restrictions have been put in place to protect tenants under leases, these restrictions do not prevent landlords from claiming for arrears under an AGA/GAGA. This webinar focusses on the basics from the perspective of a guarantor under one of these instruments, including:

  • What are AGAs/GAGAs?
  • What are the difficulties with including them?
  • Identifying AGA and GAGA structures that are not legally valid
  • What can/can't a guarantor do to protect itself?

]]>In the third of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker and Knowledge Counsel Sarah Faull take a look at AGAs and GAGAs. As various restrictions have been put in place to protect tenants under leases, these restrictions do not prevent landlords from claiming for arrears under an AGA/GAGA. This webinar focusses on the basics from the perspective of a guarantor under one of these instruments, including:

  • What are AGAs/GAGAs?
  • What are the difficulties with including them?
  • Identifying AGA and GAGA structures that are not legally valid
  • What can/can't a guarantor do to protect itself?

]]>76176a5d-1381-42ca-a99b-f59deb746e0aThu, 05 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +010011:51nofull13131In the third of the series, Senior Counsel Sarah Walker and Knowledge Counsel Sarah Faull take a look at AGAs and GAGAs. As various restrictions have been put in place to protect tenants under leases, these restrictions do not prevent landlords from claiming for arrears under an AGA/GAGA. This webinar focusses on the basics from the perspective of a guarantor under one of these instruments, including: - What are AGAs/GAGAs? - What are the difficulties with including them? - Identifying AGA and GAGA structures that are not legally valid - What can/can't a guarantor do to protect itself?Travers SmithEnforce or compromise; what should landlords now do?Enforce or compromise; what should landlords now do?In the second of the series, Senior Counsel, Head of Property Disputes Andrew Ross and Senior Counsel Sarah Walker look at what landlords of commercial premises should do following the extension to the tenant protections up to the end of the year. In the session they consider:

  • What is the present position?
  • What remains the same?
  • What are landlord's options if a tenant does not engage?
  • Other points for landlords to remember.

]]>In the second of the series, Senior Counsel, Head of Property Disputes Andrew Ross and Senior Counsel Sarah Walker look at what landlords of commercial premises should do following the extension to the tenant protections up to the end of the year. In the session they consider:

  • What is the present position?
  • What remains the same?
  • What are landlord's options if a tenant does not engage?
  • Other points for landlords to remember.

]]>8fa5344b-66ac-471e-9474-f1b1852fd0a8Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +010008:14nofull12121In the second of the series, Senior Counsel, Head of Property Disputes Andrew Ross and Senior Counsel Sarah Walker look at what landlords of commercial premises should do following the extension to the tenant protections up to the end of the year. In the session they consider: What is the present position? What remains the same? What are landlord's options if a tenant does not engage? Other points for landlords to remember. Watch on YouTube -Travers SmithTurnover rentsTurnover rentsIn the first of the series, Partner Emma Pereira and Senior Counsel Sarah Walker consider the recent trend towards turnover rents and their longer-term viability, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis and the ever changing face of the retail and casual dining sectors in particular.

]]>In the first of the series, Partner Emma Pereira and Senior Counsel Sarah Walker consider the recent trend towards turnover rents and their longer-term viability, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis and the ever changing face of the retail and casual dining sectors in particular.

]]>81926505-e91f-47f5-9aa4-3fb3059ce498Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +010010:43nofull11111Travers Smith