Charlotte Hook
Charlotte has several years’ experience in a variety of commercial property matters and is known for her efficiency and pragmatism.
Specialisms & Areas of Work
Manchester Legal Awards
Biography
Charlotte is a senior associate in the Real Estate team at Myerson. She trained at Myerson and qualified in September 2017. Charlotte has been recognised in the Legal 500 several times as a “Rising Star” and a “Leading Associate”.
Charlotte specialises in sales and purchases, landlord and tenant work and secured lending matters. She has acted for both sellers and purchasers on various types of properties including offices, retail units, industrial units and land for development. Charlotte has expertise in negotiating conditional contracts, option agreements and overage provisions.
Charlotte acts for portfolio landlords on all aspects on their lease management, including new leases, lease renewals, licences to alter and licences to assign. She also regularly acts for tenants on lease matters, whether they are tenants of multiple sites or a tenant who is entering into a commercial lease for the first time.
Charlotte is the deputy head of the banking sector at Myerson and has particular expertise acting on secured finance matters, including purchases with funding and refinancing matters.
Charlotte is actively involved in the apprenticeship scheme at Myerson, being part of the team that conducts the interviews on the apprenticeship assessment days and supervising the apprentice in the Real Estate team.
The Legal 500 directory notes that Charlotte is “a key practitioner who handles acquisition, disposal and portfolio management cases for investor clients, as well as landlord and tenant matters”.
Client Feedback
Martin
We have used Myerson for several of our property transactions and have always found them to be excellent. Great knowledge, communication and service from Charlotte Hook. We would highly recommend them.
Malcolm
Charlotte Hook and Scott Sands from Myerson has acted for us in a number of land acquisitions and deal structuring. They both exceeded our expectations and were great to work with. Both were very diligent and met the tight deadlines that were set. Looking forward to work with them again.
Mr K
I strongly recommend this Myerson Solicitors. They are an expert of their job. It was pleasure to work with Charlotte, was so helpful during my retail unit lease agreement process. She was so approachable, high communication skill and so helpful.
Ms M
Great experience with, very professional, friendly and patient.
Chorley Parish Clerk
Charlotte was very helpful and guided the parish council through a deed of easement with great speed and efficiency. She was very thorough and professional.
Joanna
I had the pleasure of working with Charlotte on my commercial property leases and deeds, and I couldn’t be more satisfied. Charlotte was highly professional, responsive, and thorough throughout the process. She ensured everything was handled efficiently, kept me well-informed, and always had my best interests in mind. Her attention to detail and prompt responses made the experience seamless and stress-free. I highly recommend Charlotte.
Beni
Charlotte handled my land purchase from her expert knowledge of highlighting things in the contracts to responding very quickly.
Mr Simon
Easy access, concise and reliable advice, staff pleasant.
Recent Experience
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Acting for an investor on the purchase of 3 fully let retail sites for £2 million. Creating a precedent lease and dealing with new leases for the sites following the purchase.
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Acting on the sale of an industrial estate for £5.6 million, consisting of both freehold and long leasehold titles.
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Acting for a tenant in relation to a lease of office premises in the Salford regeneration area with an annual rent of circa £900,000 and a licence for alterations for substantial fit out works.
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Acting for a tenant on the relocation of their head office with completion conditional on the landlord completing the redevelopment works.
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Acting for a developer on the refinancing of their 21 residential unit site for £3 million.
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Acting for the borrower in relation to development funding for over £1 million for a mixed use property in Chelsea, London.
Awards & Rankings
Manchester Legal Awards — Property Team of the Year
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