Richard Whiteley - Associate Solicitor

Richard has been specialising in transactional property work since 2004, and is the leader of the commercial property team for our Sheffield, Rotherham and Dronfield offices.

Before joining Taylor&Emmet LLP in 2019, Richard worked for Derbyshire-based practice Ellis-Fermor & Negus, where he spear-headed the opening of their Belper branch office in 2011 and oversaw its initial growth and success.

Amongst his regular clients Richard can list:

• One of the largest construction companies in Derbyshire
• Several of South Yorkshire’s larger independent house-builders
• A northern regional restaurant franchise
• An international packaging company
• A large regional religious charity

Richard is experienced with all areas of commercial property transactions and queries (from the smallest lock-up garage lease to the largest warehouse purchase), but a large proportion of his work relates to pension fund acquisitions, development site acquisitions and planning agreements.

• Commercial property & real estate
• Freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals
• Commercial leases
• Secured lending
• Development agreements
• Freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals
• Financing and refinancing
• Disputes - Commercial property
• Landlord and tenant matters
• Charities and other not for profit organisations
• Options agreements
• Promotion agreements
• Planning/highways and infrastructure agreements
• Deeds of easement
• Conditional agreements
• Services for pension funds
• Corporate property restructures