Benjamin Willis

Acting for an institutional landlord of a flagship store on Oxford Street in successful High Court proceedings against a former tenant's guarantor to recover in excess of £5m of unpaid rent. 

Successfully appealing to the Court of Appeal on a point of EU sanctions law enabling a sovereign wealth fund to enforce a €12.5m loan through bankruptcy proceedings.

Securing permission in the High Court for an institutional landlord against the administrators of a nationwide retail chain to forfeit the leases of five retail park units.

Obtaining vacant possession of an £80m development site through contested opposed lease renewal proceedings (involving multiple proceedings against multiple tenants).

Obtaining forfeiture of a 125 year lease of a key anchor department store for failure to trade unless liquidators completed a sale within 3 months.

Advising a number of NCP's landlords in their successful, and ground-breaking, opposition to NCP's restructuring plan, which ultimately resulted in the withdrawal of NCP's plan.

Advising multiple landlords in high-profile CVA challenges, including the New Look CVA, which resulted in long overdue guidance on a number of contentious issues including "vote swamping" in CVAs.