RPC announced that commercial property lawyer Jon Ely has joined the firm in Bristol as a Partner in the real estate practice.
Ely joins the firm from Capital Law, where he spent the past six years. Prior to that he spent 16 years at City law firm Lewis Silkin. He has represented investors, financiers, occupiers and developers in a wide range of real estate transactions including acquisitions, property elements of corporate deals and hybrid commercial and real estate projects, with landlord and tenant work being a key feature of his practice.
Ely supports real estate sector clients and those for whom real estate is not a core business, including major UK, US and Europe-based operators in retail, media, education, healthcare, technology and creative industry sectors.
Ely has represented a leading fintech operator in the acquisition of a strategically important headquarters in a new landmark City of London building, and over many years has advised one of the UK’s major port operators in numerous projects including strategic disposals, lettings and energy related projects. He has also handled the property elements of a multi-million pound logistics deal for one of the UK’s leading retailers, acted for a UK public sector body in its disposal of various interests as part of a major transport regeneration project, and has successfully handled many business space deals and projects, including the acquisition, disposal and re-gearing of office, warehousing and logistics premises across England and Wales.
RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) is an international commercial law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
