Partner

Austin Judson

Languages

English

Austin Judson is a partner in real estate, who acts for a range of clients including real estate developers, funds, landlords and occupiers. He has also acted for administrators, receivers and liquidators on insolvency and restructuring transactions. Austin has over 28 years’ experience working on transactions which include acquisition and disposals, real estate finance, real estate insolvency and restructuring, investment management and landlord and tenant matters.

Austin is noted for his unique perspective on development transactions which enables him to anticipate and accommodate funder and other stakeholder requirements early and create structures that reflect and respect them. Clients also praise his commercially pragmatic, outcome oriented and collaborative approach.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Austin…is by far the best Real Estate Solicitor I have ever worked with. Austin continuously approaches challenges with a positive, collaborative, practical angle. This approach, linked with his intelligence and experience, has been a significant contribution to our projects"

GC of nationally renowned developer in Legal 500
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“he is a strong, pragmatic and solution-focussed person. He brings a lot of clarity…he is a strong player in the market”

Chambers confidential
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“he is super reliable and incredibly bright. He does a lot of thinking so we don’t have to. He understands the business. He’ll strategise with us and for us”

Chambers confidential
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“excellent in difficult negotiations”

Legal 500
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“service…. sophistication…commercial awareness and vision are very strong”

Chambers confidentional

Relevant experience

Moda Living in acquiring a long term, flexible purchase and development agreement at a strategically significant site in Birmingham.
Large corporate, household name occupier in relation to the acquisition of leases of regional head office buildings with rents at over £4m and £3m per year.
Scarborough Group in relation to the letting of a head office building for Lowell Group at Thorpe Park which was the largest office letting in the Northern Powerhouse in 2022 and the largest out of town office letting in Leeds.
Joint venture between UK developer and North American fund structuring, acquiring and funding the development of related blocks of BTR with a GDV of over £600m.
Joint venture between developer and UK fund on structuring, estate set up and letting of an out of town retail and leisure park which was the largest retail park to open in the UK in 2019.
US Fund in the work out of a distressed loan book of real estate assets with a value of over £1.5bn.
Acted for administrators or purchasers from administration of a number of Premier League and Championship football clubs.
Household name developer as "master developer" in estate set up, infrastructure delivery and development plot disposal of a high profile scheme in Manchester involving 3000+ residential units, 1million square feet of commercial and infrastructure.

Education

York Law School – legal practice course. Distinction
The University of Hull – LL.B (Hons). 2:1
Wetherby High School – 4 A levels, 9 GCSEs

Practice Areas

Real Estate Finance Restructuring & Insolvency Real Estate Development Real Estate Investment Real Estate Occupiers Real Estate PRS Student Accommodation Real Estate

Insights

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