Montagu Evans recruits partner to retail and leisure lease advisory team
Montagu Evans has appointed Jonathon Essex as a partner within its retail and leisure lease advisory team.
He joins from Avison Young, where he was a director for over seven years, bringing experience working with rent reviews, lease renewals, and regears, having acted for a range of institutional landlord and tenant clients.
Essex also brings experience in dispute resolution, being on the RICS chair’s panel of independent experts and arbitrators, where he has regularly acted as a witness in arbitrations and independent expert determinations.
Based at Montagu Evans’ London office, Essex will look to grow the partnership’s activity in this area as part of its commercial and agency department. Alongside client delivery, he will also support the development of his colleagues.
Rob Lawson, partner at Montagu Evans, said: “With the rebasing of historically high rents, and an uptick in tenant demand, we are seeing rental growth at rent review and lease renewals for retail warehousing. Client demand for specialist consultancy in this area continues to grow, and Jonathan’s technical expertise, market insight and experience mean we are in a stronger position to add value long-term.”
Jonathan Essex added: “Montagu Evans’ collaborative approach and ability to deliver high-quality cross-service advice clearly support clients in navigating complex lease negotiations and identifying new opportunities. Joining at this exciting time for the partnership offers a great opportunity to contribute to a growing team, alongside investment and agent colleagues, as well as lease advisory specialists.”