Marya McInnes

Senior associate

Marya McInnes

Senior associate

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Marya is a commercial property lawyer with specialist knowledge of the healthcare property sector and public funding incentive schemes. She has advised on a wide range of transactions including funding and development agreements, lease regears, asset management agreements and general portfolio management, leases of central London offices, and of retail premises in high streets, railway stations and hospitals across the UK.

She is admitted to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales, having initially trained and qualified in Sydney, Australia and is a member of the British Property Federation, Primary Care Premises Forum, Women in Healthcare Property Forum and Women in Property.

I provide clear, commercially focused advice on complex property transactions, with particular expertise in the healthcare sector. My goal is to deliver practical solutions that support clients’ objectives, whether managing portfolios, negotiating leases or structuring development agreements.

Marya McInnes, Senior associate

Marya’s clients have commended her ‘committed’ and ‘conscientious’ approach. She is recognised as an ‘Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer’ by Acritas, the world’s leading provider of global legal market intelligence, and is included in its Acritas Stars database which identifies stand-out lawyers.

Recent work highlights

Institutional investor financing

Acting for major institutional investors on providing capital through £75 million retail bonds and three £50 million private placements, supporting substantial healthcare property portfolios held by Primary Health Properties and Octopus/MedicX.

Office park transactions and development

Advising the landlord of a significant office park on Telefonica’s disposal of multiple call centre premises to Capita, and on the development and letting of a new multi-storey building to HSBC.

Strategic acquisition for redevelopment

Acting for an offshore private equity investor on acquiring residential tower blocks in central Manchester for redevelopment, involving planning conditions, removal of overage covenants, re-gearing long leases, and securing public open space.

Build to Rent development funding

Negotiating a £7.9 million development facility agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency under the government’s ‘Build to Rent’ scheme, enabling delivery of high-quality rental housing.

Environmental compliance funding

Advising on property aspects of compliance with Centrica requirements in a £2.7 million Environmental Commitment Obligation (ECO) funding agreement with British Gas, ensuring adherence to sustainability obligations.

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