Helping Bel UK re-locate to new offices

Thomson Snell & Passmore is pleased to have acted for longstanding client Bel UK in connection with its re-location to brand new offices forming the sole commercial part of high-end Berkeley residential development Quinton Court in Sevenoaks.

Alex Lewsley, Real Estate Partner at Thomson Snell & Passmore commented:

“Manging the move of a business to new offices can be stressful for any client, but this matter involved intense time-pressures on our client as the physical move (following completion of the client’s fit-out) had to be completed by the end of September 2024 as the business was not otherwise moveable until into 2025 due to the Group’s internal end-of-year business priorities set to take precedence in the last quarter (and such a delay risked the deal being lost).  We worked proactively and collaboratively with the lawyers acting for the respective landlords on the new office acquisition and the former office surrender sides of the transaction, and I am pleased that the client’s objectives were met and also that the subsequent move went well”.

Constance de La Guerrande, Bel UK’s Finance Director, thanked Alex on LinkedIn when celebrating the move for “making it happen”.

Alex was assisted in the lead-up to completion in respect of the new office lease by Senior Associate Katherine Morgan.

Our Construction team also assisted on the client’s fit-out documentation.

Bel UK is the UK subsidiary of The Bel Group, the French multinational whose brands include Mini Babybel, Boursin, Port Salut and The Laughing Cow.

Thomson Snell & Passmore first advised Bel UK when it leased its former offices back in 2010, and the firm has gone on to advise in connection with other real estate, construction, corporate and commercial, and employment matters since.