LinkinLegal
Jason Jackson photo

Jason Jackson

With a focus on commercial real estate development and funding, Jason has a strong track record advising on UK regeneration projects, mixed use office and commercial development, logistics and warehousing. He advises clients on site acquisitions, pre-lets and forward funding arrangements with pension funds and investors, together with joint venture arrangements between developers and property-led corporate transactions. Recent projects where Jason has advised include: advising one of the developer parties involved in the first-phase preparations for a 175 acre regeneration project for a logistics park in the West Midlands advising on the acquisition pre-let and forward funding of the largest (2020) automated parcel delivery in Europe based in the North of England Advising on acquisition development sale on the a 2.2m Amazon facility in the UK Advising on the site assembly and development of a 2m square foot logistics park in the UK the £98 million investment sale of 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, following a back-to-frame £32 million re-development completed just eight months earlier. Jason leads the Midlands region with teams in Birmingham and Nottingham · Shoosmiths LLP

EnglandReal Estate, Real Estate Finance

About

Partner at Shoosmiths LLP who leads the Midlands region (Birmingham and Nottingham) focusing on commercial real estate development and funding. Advises on UK regeneration projects, mixed-use office and commercial development, logistics and warehousing, handling site acquisitions, pre-lets, forward funding with pension funds and investors, joint ventures and property-led corporate transactions; recent matters include major logistics park regeneration projects, the largest automated parcel delivery facility in Europe (2020), a 2.2m sq ft Amazon facility, and the £98m investment sale of 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham.

Practice areas

Real EstateReal Estate FinanceCorporate / M&A

Office

Expertise

Regeneration projectsMixed-use office and commercial developmentLogistics & warehousingSite acquisition and site assemblyPre-lets and forward fundingJoint venture arrangementsProperty-led corporate transactionsInvestment sales

Education

  • Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire
  • Aston University (1988) BSc Hons 2(1)
  • De Montfort University (1992 CPE; 1993 LPC Commendation)