James Cottrell

I am a Partner and Head of the Commercial Property Department. Whilst advising on all aspect of Commercial Property, I take a special interest in advising residential and commercial developers on site acquisition and disposals.

In addition, I advise some of our larger clients on their property portfolios, as well as the Firm’s banking clients, on property finance matters. Acting for both landlord tenants in landlord and tenant matters and small business acquisitions makes up the rest of my busy workload.

Over the years, I have acted for clients on multi-million-pound property portfolio refinances, shopping centre disposals, multi-site retail acquisitions and large-scale residential development acquisitions as well as looking after the equally important individuals and their commercial property needs.

When dealing with my clients, understanding my client’s business is paramount, therefore, I take client care to the next level, taking a special interest in my clients, their business, and their background and in many cases, their families and what they get up to outside of work. This enables me to fully understand how the particular transaction fits into the bigger picture of my client’s business.

Having started my career at Taylor Walton and progressing through from trainee to partner and Head of Department, I am subsequently very involved in the Firm’s training and promotion of junior members. I have been a training partner for some years and more recently a supervisor of our solicitor apprentices.

I joined Taylor Walton in 2002.