# Solicitors for the conveyancing for purchase of Francis House

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Staffordshire County Council](/buyers/staffordshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Browne Jacobson Solicitors
- Award value: £60,000
- Tender value: £60,000
- Award date: 12 June 2025
- Published: 22 October 2025
- Contract start: 12 June 2025
- Contract end: 11 June 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 355e5c23-3b88-4058-830d-a067d9717b3f-869191
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-282b938b-6b62-4b67-ac75-36be08f6c639

## Description

To provide conveyancing and legal advice to the Staffordshire Pension fund on the purchase of a significant office property in Francis House, London for a purchase price of £55m\. I the property is freehold and will be a TOGC\. Derwent London comprehensively reconfigured and refurbished the property in 2021/2022 having pre-let most of the building \(comprising the majority of the Ground Floor, and the entire 1st - 4th Floors\) to Daniel J Edelman Ltd \(0\.69 Ha\)\. The entire building is currently 100% let and occupied as Offices\. Services to include; • Full title, construction and planning due diligence\. • Negotiating the contract and transfer • Advising on the SDLT and VAT position • Preparing a full transaction report • Inputting into any pension fund approval processes • Liaising with your other professional advisers including the managing agent • Submitting any SDLT \(subject to receipt of relevant funds\) • Registering the acquisition at the Land Registry

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/355e5c23-3b88-4058-830d-a067d9717b3f-869191)