Stephen Bell
PartnerStephen Bell is a partner within the commercial property team, based in the firm's Preston office.
Stephen handles all aspects of commercial property legal work, from residential to commercial developments, site acquisitions, real estate property finance, and all landlord and tenant issues.
He is a skilled and pragmatic lawyer who can manage multi-sited portfolios both locally and nationally.
As well as advising on complex property issues, Stephen also routinely carries out corporate support for Napthens’ award-winning corporate team and he is a member of Napthens specialist manufacturing sector team.
Experience
Among Stephen’s key clients are owners of very significant property portfolios, international names in the employee recruitment sectors, regional motor traders, manufacturers and high street banks.
He previously acted for Warburton’s on all property matters including site acquisitions, disposal and lease renewals. He also has experience in acting and liaising with clients, managing agents on sizeable property management portfolios.
Recent cases include:
- The purchase of existing office blocks for a client who has redeveloped one wing of the building into 50 apartments, with plans on the second building mixing existing commercial and residential on the top floor
- An oversight of a large industrial unit with very tight timescales for a high street bank lending on the site. Turned around in less than a week to allow the buyer to proceed without losing its non-refundable deposit
- Working with a repeat client of ours to assist in the buying and re-purposing various buildings for residential redevelopment. There are five sites recently being released for sales of units
Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
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