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Kevin Sturgeon

Associate, Commercial Property

Kevin has experience in managing a wide variety of commercial property matters as well as particular expertise advising on acquisitions/sales and property factoring/management. Kevin also has experience advising on property finance acting for both borrowers and lenders. On the lender side, Kevin regularly acts for our asset-backed lenders. On the borrower side Kevin has acted on behalf of borrowers in the refinancing and private placement transactions involving housing developments valued between £5m – £65m.

Kevin also regularly advises charitable/not-for-profit organisations, and has acted for many large public sector and charitable bodies.

Kevin has a particular focus on community purchases and has been instructed on a number of Community Asset Transfers throughout Scotland, including for the purchasers in the first set of Community Asset Transfers from Glasgow City Council. Kevin’s Community Asset Transfer portfolio also includes an Edinburgh based community arts initiative, a north-east health and wellbeing facility, local agriculture and horticulture facilities, and local community groups.

Kevin also has an extensive knowledge of property factoring that enables him to assist with factoring queries relating to common parts of development sites and individual tenements or a flat within a tenement. Kevin regularly advises both property factors and homeowners on how to interpret title conditions and the possible options to vary such conditions.

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Recent News & Insights by Kevin

16 December 2025 | Time to read: 4 mins

Retrofitting Scotland’s Commercial Buildings: Navigating Energy Efficiency

By Kevin Sturgeon

Retrofitting Scotland’s older commercial buildings: challenges, legal considerations, and funding options for a sustainable future.

15 July 2025 | Time to read: 5 mins

Key points of consideration for charities acquiring property

By Kevin Sturgeon

Key points of consideration for charities acquiring property.

03 June 2025 | Time to read: 4 mins

Community Asset Transfer Case Study: WHALE The Arts Agency

By Kevin Sturgeon

We acted for WHALE, The Arts Agency in respect of the Community Asset Transfer of the land on which their arts centre is located - read the full case study.

07 October 2024 | Time to read: 3 mins

Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme – The benefits for community bodies

By Kevin Sturgeon

Kevin Sturgeon discusses the new Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme and the benefits available to community bodies.

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