Elizabeth Covil

Partner
Contact details

023 8085 7218

Elizabeth is a Partner and commercial property lawyer, experienced in both the US and UK.

Main areas of practice

Elizabeth specialises in the purchase, sale and development as well as the disposal and asset management of commercial property for a broad range of clients including retailers, corporate occupiers, defence contractors, government and quasi-governmental entities.

Expertise

Career

Prior to joining Blake Morgan, Elizabeth gained 12 years broad commercial real estate experience as in-house counsel to a Fortune 300 corporation advising on all aspects of its vast property portfolio in Canada and across most of the states in the USA.

Elizabeth was promoted to Partner in May 2022.

Contact details

023 8085 7218

Significant Experience

  • Acting for a large retail client acquiring properties from various local authorities including Southampton City Council, Hampshire County Council, New Forest District Council and Portsmouth City Council.
  • Acting for The Port of London Authority. This included acting for the PLA on the land transfer of 25 miles of the River Thames including the lease of a dozen surface sites for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project.
  • Advising the Secretary of State for Transport on the long lease from Network Rail underneath the Waterloo International Train Station including the underlease to London & Continental Railways for the development of a retail scheme as well as acting for the DfT on the asset management of various Rail Accident Incident Bureau sites.
  • Acting for Highways England Company Limited on the asset management of various office locations and the transfer of properties to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
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