Alisa Sweeney

Partner, Commercial Property

Phone: 01892 701241
Email: alisa.sweeney@ts-p.co.uk
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Specialisms & expertise

All aspects of commercial leasehold acquisitions and disposals-acting for both occupiers and owners with a particular interest in leisure and retail
Capital transactions, selling and buying restaurants and pubs, retail, office and industrial buildings
Advising on all aspects of non contentious landlord and tenant work
All aspects of property finance and refinancing including CLLS certificates
Advising on property aspects of corporate transactions
Portfolio and estate management.

Client stories & examples of work

Acting for Danish restaurant chain, Sticks'n'Sushi on all of their UK restaurant acquisitions including premises of Nova Victoria, Kings Road, London and Westgate, Oxford
Acting for another well known restaurant chain on more than 40 acquisitions in high street properties and destination shopping centres such as Trinity Leeds and Westfield
Acting for major institutional investors, pension funds developers and shopping centre owners on retail lettings including leading a team on an important regional shopping centre with more than 120 units
Acting for pension funds on development agreements
Acting for institutional investors on office lettings
Acting for national and government departments on significant office leasehold acquisitions and related sub lettings
Acting for a university on the grant of a building agreement for lease and subsequent letting
Working on and leading teams of lawyers on large scale due diligence projects.

Types of client

Restauranteurs
Retailers
Institutional investors
Government departments and other public sector bodies such as housing associations
Corporate occupiers
Charities including educational institutions

Achievements & other appointments

Member LPF (Leisure Property Forum)
Manages our relationship with AIR (Alliance of Independent Restaurants)
Founding member CRELA (Commercial Real Estate Legal Association)
“Professionalism, knowledge and ability to find a working solution is second-to-none” (The Legal 500 2017).

Profile

Alisa qualified in 1994 and worked for a local firm before joining first Vizards in Holborn and then Dechert (formerly known as Titmuss Sainer and Webb). Alisa then joined local firm, Cripps, in 2004 where she was appointed to partner in 2007. She joined Thomson Snell and Passmore as a partner in 2015.

Speedy, practical, thorough

Client

Good expert service, well delivered, and with appropriate sensitivity to urgent issues.

Client

Alisa was very helpful, with efficient concise advise. This helped in securing our purchase of the commercial property.

Client

Thank you very much for the hard work and getting this done under such tight deadlines. Thomson Snell & Passmore nailed it again!

Client

Alisa kept us informed of progress, dealt with our concerns, was not intimidated by other party, agreed deed of variation that protects shareholders' interests

Client

I just wanted to say thanks TS&P and particularly to Alisa for all her hard work on helping us acquire our latest restaurant. We know it was a long and frustrating one and probably not made any easier for you by our inexperience! The hardwork has only just begun for us but please do come and see it or eat sometime.

Client

Thank you everyone particularly Alisa for the swiftest and most painless conveyances. I have no doubt of its complexities that you have dealt with so professionally.

Client

Thanks both for chasing, working, fighting and staying sane!

Client

I cannot thank each of you enough for your good faith, composure, understanding, resilience, perseverance, and endurance with regard to this Lease. I am joyful and a bit shocked that we actually completed this (deceptively simple, almost utterly impossible) deal.

Client

Sticks n Sushi have worked with Alisa at Thomson Snell & Passmore from our first restaurant acquisition in the UK 10 years ago in Wimbledon. Since that time we have developed an excellent professional relationship with her and she has assisted us with all of our eight subsequent restaurant openings. Alisa’s ability to understand businesses and the bigger picture have been priceless in our development. We both work hard to meet our required times frames. She is efficient and responsive not only to us but also when dealing with other lawyers and property agents and provides sound pragmatic legal advice. As a business seeking further growth we look forward to the next 10 years of working with Alisa!

Sticks'n'Sushi - Andreas Karlsson, Group CEO

Alisa Sweeney is knowledgeable, thorough, determined, detail-focused, and relentless in pursuing what is best for her clients. Her cheerful temperament and unfailing work-ethic are an incredible asset to those who engage her. Her contract analysis is razor-sharp, her responses are insightful, and her delivery is crisp! It is a pleasure working with her and the results she achieves are optimal. I heartily and unequivocally recommend her services.

Paris Baguette - Jack Moran, Chief Executive Officer

Alisa Sweeney at Thomson Snell & Passmore looked after the negotiation of a new pub lease in 2020 for us. She and her team did a great job in terms of communication and making the process as quick and efficient as possible. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone else, and indeed this is now the third project we have engaged her on in the last 4 years.

The Tiger Tavern - Alex Macnutt, Director

Alisa had done work for me in the past, and I was impressed with the quality and speed of her work. Alisa is very good at what she does. She knows her stuff, but is pragmatic, and she pushes things through in a timely way; including the other side. I also do not get the feeling that she is running up extra fees. Speedy, practical, thorough.