David Stone

Partner and head of team

I joined GA in 2010 and am the head of GA’s commercial property team.

I did my training with London West End firm Brecher & Co, with whom I qualified in 1992. After relocating from the City back in 1997, I worked with Plymouth law firms Bond Pearce (now Womble Bond Dickinson) and Foot Anstey before joining GA.

I specialise in commercial landlord and tenant, development, investment, acquisition and disposal work with particular expertise in the retail sector.

I have been fortunate enough to advise on several major schemes over the years, including P&O Estates on the site assembly and lettings for Drake Circus Shopping Centre, the largest town centre retail development in Plymouth; and Sutton Harbour Group on the pre-letting of a mixed-use scheme at Portland, Weymouth in readiness for the 2012 Olympic sailing events.

More recently I have acted for:

•         Pentwin Limited on the portfolio sale of its commercial properties across the country occupied by Epwin Group
•         ERS Transition Ltd, a leading emergency and non-emergency patient transport provider, advising on the property aspects of its securing of nationwide contracts with the NHS when it purchased the ERS Medical Brand from SRCL Limited
•         Local and national clients include Harrier LLC, Michael Spiers Jewellers, ERS Transition Limited, Harveys Foundry Trust and The Cary Trust

 I have been ranked in Chambers UK and The Legal 500 for real estate expertise.

 Away from work, family and beloved Labrador, I still retain my childhood passion for cricket and football and for my sins, remain an avid Spurs fan!