Dan is a Partner in our Real Estate team. He has experience in most areas of commercial and residential real estate matters, acting for national and SME developers, local authorities, landowners, borrowers, lenders, investors, landlords and tenants.
Areas of expertise
- Acquisition and disposal of investment property, including portfolio acquisitions and disposals
- Site acquisitions and disposals for commercial, residential and mixed use development
- Large scale site assembly
- Conditional contracts, options and rights of pre-emption
- Acquisition and disposal of commercial and residential property using crypto currency, or funds that have derived from crypto currency
- Overage agreements
- Secured lending, acting for both banks and borrowers
- Lease negotiations on behalf of both landlords and tenants
- Asset management for landlords
Recent work
- Acting for an international airline on its general estate management, including the leasing and development of hangarage at its UK base
- Working with a US based investor on the acquisition and development of commercial use sites throughout the UK
- Acting on the acquisition of a multi-let building in London for over £40m
- Representing an international retailer on its growing portfolio of stores, advising upon all aspects of its leasing transactions
- Acting for the owner of a mixed use sustainable urban development with outline planning consent for 5,500 dwellings, schools, local centre facilities and associated infrastructure. Dealing with section agreements and site set up, in additional to disposal of land parcels to house builders.
- Acting for a private individual on the acquisition of a Grade II listed public house with bed and breakfast.
- Acting for an owner occupier on the acquisition of its new office premises in West London for c.£8m.
- Acting for various clients using funds that have derived from crypto to purchase their homes and investment properties
What clients and directories have said
Very professional, responsive, flexible, but also personable.
A client, 2023
Have been working with Daniel Browne for a few years now and have been very impressed with his work. Solid advice and clear communication. Look forward to working on more projects with him.
A client, 2023
Publications and Press
- Quoted in Building bonanza for homes and turbines, New Law Journal, July 2024
- Quoted in Crypto real estate: the property market built on digital assets, September 2022
- Quoted in Buying real estate with crypto assets is a growth market: crypto millionaires are looking for diversification, September 2022
- NFTs and Real Estate – The Purpose, Prospects and Possibilities, March 2022
- Buying property with crypto assets: Can it ever be justified?, June 2021
- Buying property with crypto – are we transforming real estate?, June 2021
- Tenants to receive further protection amid Coronavirus difficulties, April 2020
- Minimum energy efficiency standards – B (or C) prepared, November 2019
Further information
Dan qualified in 2015 and joined Kingsley Napley in 2019 before being promoted to Senior Associate in March 2021.
In his spare time, Dan is a keen sportsman. He enjoys watching all sports, playing football and golf and spending time with his wife and three children.
