Consultant
Michael has over 38 years of experience in advising on real estate and property he has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in many areas including acquisitions and sales, leases, and refinancing.
Expertise
Having over 38 years of experience in advising on real estate and property he has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in many areas including acquisitions and sales, leases, and refinancing (acting for lenders and borrowers). He has represented clients from various sectors including investment, retail, health and leisure as well as buying and selling companies with one property and/or portfolio.
Michael has extensive experience when it comes to purchasing freeholds and extending leases of blocks of flats and developing mixed units comprising houses and/or flats and/or commercial premises.
Priding himself on always looking at a transaction from the client’s viewpoint, Michael undertakes to do his utmost to communicate regularly both on the phone and by email with his clients to ensure the flow of information, communication and negotiation continues throughout the client journey.
Recent Experience
- Advised on the acquisition and property aspects of Portsmouth Football Club in 2004 – they stayed up in the Premiership and won the FA Cup the following year (I’d like to think I made a small indirect contribution!).
- Advised on major sales, purchases and refinancing for companies such as Rion Investments Limited and its shareholder and his family of buildings in King’s Cross, EC1, Hampstead and Highgate involving tight deadlines including a hybrid of offices and serviced offices.
- Advised on a residential development including the interplay with Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.
- Acted for a client in the sale of eight petrol stations valued at over £9 million
Career History
Michael qualified as a solicitor in 1985 and formed his own practice, Michael Stock & Co, in North London when he was 28 years old.
