Sally-Anne Hayles Senior Associate

Sally-Anne is a senior associate in the firm's real estate team. She joined the firm in 2005 and specialises in real estate investment, management and development transactions with particular emphasis on clients in the office and retail sectors. 

Sally-Anne has recent experience and expertise in advising public sector, institutional and private sector clients on freehold acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant and strategic development work. 

• Acting for global law firm King & Wood Mallesons on its move to new offices (about 17,000 sq ft) in London’s landmark ‘Walkie-Talkie’ building in the City.  
• Advising a major institutional investor in its freehold acquisition of a prestigious grade A office block in Cardiff city centre for £51.5 million. 
• Acting for The Crown Estate and other landowners on strategic land matters. Typically involving the disposal of development land by way of option, promotion agreement and conditional contract. 
• Acting for Waterstones in relation to their UK real estate portfolio. 
• Advising RWE NPower on the sale and leaseback of their HQ offices in Sunderland.