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Kola Joyce

Joyce Kola

Associate

Joyce is a dynamic Real Estate Associate, adept at navigating complex commercial and residential property transactions.

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Biography

Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales

Joyce Kola specialises in commercial property transactions, providing expert guidance to developers, landlords, and tenants across the office, retail, and hospitality sectors. Her practice also encompasses residential property matters, where she brings a keen understanding of market dynamics to each transaction.

Joyce’s clients benefit from her ability to act swiftly and think commercially, ensuring their property interests are protected and optimised for growth. Based in London, Joyce is known for her collaborative approach, working seamlessly as an extension of her clients’ teams to overcome challenges and achieve success in the competitive real estate market.

Experience

  • Asset management    

    • Advising large real estate institutional investors on the management and acquisition of retails assets including advising Schroders on the recent relet to IKEA at Hall Road Retail Park in Norwich. 
    • Advising real estate investment managers on all landlord and tenant aspects of managing large regional shopping centres, multi-let mixed-use sites and industrial estates. Work includes agreement for leases, turnover rent leases, assignments, licences for alterations, surrenders, lease renewals and regearing.
  • Corporate share and asset purchases and disposals    

    Assisting corporate colleagues on the property elements on share and asset acquisitions and disposals. This includes title reviews, reporting on occupational leases,  input into the purchase agreement and disclosure letter and co-ordinating completions.

  • Corporate occupiers    

    Advising corporate clients on their office and leasing requirements, including flexibility for future expansion/contraction and where appropriate, advising on the exit from existing premises in the most cost effective way.

  • Rail

    Advising parties within the rail industry in connection with the property elements of the rail depots and stations.

  • Residential    

    Advising high-net-worth individuals on the sales and purchases of high value residential properties.

  • Refinancing    

    Acting for clients on the refinancing of their portfolio of properties across the UK.

  • LG Leasehold Park Limited    

    Assisted in the drafting and advising on the leasing arrangements for Tesco's major investment in our client's new distribution centre at DP World London Gateway, which is expected to open in 2029.

  • D&I  

    Acting as co-chair of the firms internal Racial and Ethnic Diversity network – "Stephenson Harwood Advancing Racial and Ethnic Diversity (SHARED)".Job includes actively supporting the recruitmentt of ethnic minority talent to the firm, facilitating professional networking and collaboration with other ethnic minority groups, encouraging open conversations around race and ethnicity in the firm through internal panelling events and curating and putting together the firms annual SAHM and BHM events.

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