Emma Napper is a highly experienced commercial property solicitor with more than 20 years’ post-qualification experience. She acts for business owners, investors, landlords, tenants, developers and lenders on commercial property transactions.
Emma deals with the full range of commercial property matters, including:
• freehold and leasehold sales and purchases;
• the acquisition and disposal of trading businesses with property;
• leases of shops, pubs, offices and industrial units;
• lease renewals, assignments, underleases, surrenders and deeds of variation;
• commercial investment properties and properties with mixed residential and commercial use;
• pension and SIPP property transactions;
• secured lending, reports on title and transactions involving separately represented lenders;
A significant part of Emma’s practice is focused on the leisure and hospitality sector. She advises on the sale, purchase and financing of pubs, cafés, shops, hotels, guest houses, B&Bs and holiday parks.
Emma combines detailed legal analysis with a practical and commercial approach. She is particularly skilled at explaining complicated planning, licensing, lending and title issues in plain English so that clients understand both the legal position and its practical effect on their business. Clients describe her as professional, friendly, patient and clear, and value her prompt communication and ability to guide them through transactions without unnecessary stress.
