Montagu Evans
Senior Surveyor - Commercial Agency & Advisory - Lease Advisory - Retail & Leisure
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Retail & Leisure Senior Surveyor – MRICS (1-3 years' post-qualification experience)
About the Firm
Montagu Evans is a UK property consultancy that helps clients unlock value from complex assets, recognising opportunities where they live.
- Our purpose: Bring clarity, creativity, and conviction to complexity.
- Our expertise: Collaborating to create value, not just preserve it.
- Our focus: Specialists in high-value, multi-faceted assets across the property lifecycle, addressing political, technical, or commercial challenges with a joined-up approach.
About the Team/Department
We are looking for an MRICS-qualified surveyor with 1-3 years’ post-qualification experience to join our Retail & Leisure team, specialising in lease advisory work for:
- Out-of-town retail parks
- Leisure parks
- Other retail & leisure assets
Montagu Evans is a market leader in Retail & Leisure Lease Advisory, and we seek to expand our team in this critical sector. Our clients include:
- Aberdeen Investments
- Legal & General
- CBRE Global Investors
- Knight Frank Investors
- Schroders
- UBS
- Realty Income
- Hines
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- Advising clients on national retail and leisure markets.
- Negotiating directly with tenants and their agents while reporting to clients.
- Leveraging lease advisory expertise, including:
- Lease reading and summarising
- Rent review processes
- Lease renewals
- Expert Witness role in Third Party Disputes
- Growing your network by generating new client instructions alongside supporting a fixed Landlord client portfolio under Partner guidance.
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Role Overview
This role aligns with our Senior Surveyor role expectations with additional scope:
Core Duties:
- Conduct UK-wide site inspections (including out-of-town retail parks, leisure parks) and property measurements following RICS Surveying Standards (Code of Measuring Practice).
- Lease reading & analysis (including renewal processes, Landlord & Tenant Act compliance).
- Draft reports for rent reviews, lease re-gears, and renewals, sourced from **. Researchers & analysed comparable rental evidence to access market rent accurately.
- Expert Witness role in Third Party Disputes (e.g., litigation support).
- Draft proposals, Calderbank offers, Memoranda, and Heads of Terms (quoting rents).
- Engage in negotiations with tenants and agents to achieve optimal outcomes for the client.
- Strengthen collaborations with Montagu Evans’ Retail & Leisure Asset Management & Investment teams.
- Proactively involve yourself in relevant Sector groups, social media, and AI business development.
- Maintain a Retail & Leisure comparable rental database to identify new opportunities.
Scaling Responsibilities:
- Primary focus assisting two Partners while also supporting the whole Retail & Leisure team.
- Interact with higher-level company clients and report regularly.
Responsibilities
Technical & Operational:
- Undertake nationwide site inspections and measurements (RICS compliance).
- Prepare comprehensive reports for:
- Rent reviews
- Lease re-gears
- Lease renewals (analysis of market rental evidence)
- Accurately appraise market rent of leased premises.
- Serve as an Expert Witness in Third Party Disputes.
- Draft specialised legal documents including:
- Calderbank offers
- Memoranda
- Heads of Terms
- Fee accounts
- Summarise and distribute lease terms, renewal processes, and Landlord & Tenant regulations.
- Direct report and strategic advice to client partners.
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Client & Network Engagement:
- Work with existing High-Net-Worth and institutional client base (e.g., Aberdeen, Realty Income, Hines).
- Proactively develop new client relationships to expand instruction pipeline.
- Nurture collaboration with Montagu Evans’ broader Retail & Leisure teams (Asset Management, Investment).
Qualification & Skills Requirements
Essential Qualifications & Competencies:
- MRICS qualification with 1–3 years’ post-qualification lease advisory experience.
- Proficient in UK Landlord & Tenant law, lease agreements, and rent review mechanisms.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to engage clients directly.
- Eagerness to optimise client satisfaction and business development.
- Precision in lease interpretation, market rent, and SME planning.
- Full driving licence and mobility to accept independent travel countrywide.
- Superior time management, ability to manage multiple concurrent instructions.
- Capacity to operate independently (with structured supervision).
Preferred:
- Prior exposure to expert witness disputes in commercial property.
- Basic understanding of sector partnerships with Industrial & Logistics or Offices services.
Missed file: Refer to ‘Senior Surveyor Role Expectations’ document for broader governance and targets.
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