Kara Corbett

Kara Corbett is a senior commercial property lawyer experienced in dealing with all aspects of commercial property law. She joins Harper James after working in-house in both the public and private sectors. Kara qualified in 2007 and spent 8 years working for RPC LLP in the City of London.

Kara has extensive experience of complex and high value commercial property transactions across a wide range of industries. In addition to providing strategic advice for her client’s property portfolios, she is skilled in acquiring, developing, selling, occupying, and managing commercial properties for her clients as well as providing property expertise to corporate transactions. Some of her career highlights include:

• Providing strategic and operational legal advice relating to (and the day to day management of) a major UK university’s diverse real estate portfolio of 230 plus buildings (valued at more than £2 billion) and a ten-year capital spend project of £1.25 billion.
• Acting on several high profile HQ office relocations to iconic locations for clients in the insurance and finance sectors. 
• Acting for household name charity, retail and leisure clients acquiring, disposing and managing their property portfolios.
• Acting on the leasehold acquisition of a luxury French fashion house’s first UK flagship boutique in Mayfair.
• Acting for a FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company on their acquisition, development, and relocation to a new purpose-built headquarters in Cambridge.

Kara’s experience in-house means she has tremendous insight into her client’s business goals and the challenges they face, enabling her to deliver highly commercial and pragmatic advice.

Kara enjoys a busy life outside of work juggling the hectic social lives of her three young children, a love of the outdoors and socialising with friends.