Colman Coyle are delighted to announce the inaugural meeting of the Business Optimisation Group at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in San Diego

Colman Coyle are delighted to announce the inaugural meeting of the Business Optimisation Group at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in San Diego

Business Optimisation Group

IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference
Business Optimisation Group

InterContinental San Diego
Balboa A Boardroom (4th Floor)
901 Bayfront Ct
San Diego, CA 92101

Wednesday, June 7th 2023 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm PST

Colman Coyle are delighted to announce the inaugural meeting of the Business Optimisation Discussion Group (founded by Oksana Howard and Mendi Sossamon, supported by the headline sponsor Adrienne Braumiller) at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in San Diego.

Please join Oksana, Mendi and Adrienne for an hour of networking and discussion on integrating professional services with a client’s overall business strategy, with a view towards improving efficiencies, reducing costs and increasing revenues.

Emma Reed joins our Property team

Emma Reed joins our Property team

Colman Coyle are pleased to welcome Emma Reed as an Associate Solicitor to our Property team.

Emma is a Solicitor with particular interest in commercial property law. Emma has experience acting for both landlords and tenants of commercial property, property developers, investors and lenders in the acquisition, along with finance and disposal of commercial property such as retail, industrial, offices and development sites.

Colman Coyle has considerable experience in Residential and Commercial Property, and if you would like to discuss a new matter, please contact our team on +44 (0)20 7354 3000 or enquiries@colmancoyle.com.

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Howard Colman to host golf event in Valencia for IR Global members

Howard Colman to host golf event in Valencia for IR Global members

Howard Colman, a founding Partner of Colman Coyle and IR Global Member of the Year 2022/23 is delighted to have organised the first official golf tournament for IR Global.

The event is due to take place in Valencia Spain on 10/11 May 2023 and the golf will be played at El Saler Golf Course which has hosted the Spanish Open on 4 occasions and is in the top 3 courses in Spain and top 60 worldwide.

In addition to the golf, there will be opportunities for attendees to network and socialise and enjoy local food and wine specialities at the event dinners.

Howard will be joined in Valencia by Oksana Howard who is a Director at Colman Coyle and a member of the IR Global M&A committee.

With great weather anticipated and the beautiful city and beaches of Valencia to enjoy, as well as top class golf this promises to be a great few days for all attending.

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Howard Colman and Oksana Howard meet with international colleagues in London

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard meet with international colleagues in London

It has been a busy week at Colman Coyle. Oksana and Howard are pleased to have been able to meet with several of our international colleagues who joined us on their visits to London.

On Monday we met with Daniel Fleming and Linda Wong from New Jersey.

On Tuesday we met with Bob Freitas from California and on Wednesday we met with Lillo Boccadutri from Italy.

It is always a pleasure to meet with our international friends and colleagues and a great opportunity to catch up on what we are all doing both socially and professionally.

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Oksana and Howard with Daniel Fleming and Linda Wong

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Oksana and Howard with Bob Freitas

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Oksana and Howard with Lillo Boccadutri

Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems

Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems

In January 2022, the UK Government launched a consultation on reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales, seeking views on the Law Commission recommendations made in July 2020.

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, which abolished ground rents in the majority of new residential long leases, came into force on 30 June 2022, marking the “phase one” of the leasehold reform programme.

Aside from the ban on ground rents, there has been no clear statement from the Government on its timeline for leasehold reform or a formal response to the Law Commission’s detailed proposals.

A recent House of Commons debate on leasehold and freehold reform which took place in January 2023, confirmed that the Government is committed to deliver phase two of the leasehold reform programme.

Leasehold and commonhold reform remain on the Government’s agenda and developments are expected within this Parliament.

The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has recently confirmed that the Government wants to introduce legislation later this year to change the leasehold system. It has been suggested that the Government may remove the leasehold structure entirely, but there has been no mention of any alternative structure for the ownership of residential flats.

Commonhold has been in existence in England and Wales since 2004, but has not seen a significant take-up. The Law Commission recommended a greater move to commonhold as the alternative to the leasehold system, but there are a number of legal complexities that need to be considered.

The Government intends to make changes to the Enfranchisement, Right to Manage and Lease Extension procedures, including reducing the premiums payable for lease extensions under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. However, the Government’s timeline for these changes has not been yet announced, and the legislation which the Government intends to introduce is still awaited.

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Sayrha Elahi

Senior Associate

Howard Colman attends IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok

Howard Colman attends IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok

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Howard Colman, a Founding Partner of Colman Coyle, and IR Global Member of the Year 2022, has recently returned from a productive and successful IR Global conference in Bangkok.

Howard is the exclusive IR member for Commercial Litigation & Commercial Arbitration in England and a long standing member of the IR Dispute Resolution Committee.

This was the first IR Global conference in Asia for four years following the pandemic and provided a good opportunity to meet with professionals from around the world but particularly Asia and to learn about different cultural approaches to business and legal issues.

New business contacts made at the conference will add to the existing Colman Coyle portfolio of international network of professionals from around the world, which in turn will strengthen our global outreach and ability to advise clients on matters concerning other jurisdictions.

Howard is looking forward to attending the next IR Global conference in San Diego and will be joined by Oksana Howard, the exclusive IR Global member for Capital Markets in England and a member of M&A Committee at IR.

Please see below a selection of photos from Bangkok:

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