UK
With some of the best technical real estate lawyers in the UK, we focus on the legal complexities and risk mitigation on any project, and work seamlessly as a single cross-sector team.
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Our team can work with you across all stages of an asset's life cycle and can support you throughout a project, from inception and planning, funding, development and investments, structuring and regulatory advice, to leasing, asset management and ultimate disposal.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional client service, and thrive on teamwork, working hard to understand your priorities and help you to achieve your objectives. We provide clear, concise and pragmatic advice alongside fresh ideas and innovative solutions to legal and commercial challenges.
Real Estate Services in the UK
With the lack of affordable housing driving public policy, the need for a true understanding of the sector has never been more important. Our team advises on a full range of real estate matters including land acquisitions, disposals, development agreements, grant funding, investment and residential tenancy agreements.
Build to rent presents investment opportunities across the UK. Our team has a strong track record of delivering projects on the ground with expertise in bringing together public and private sectors to work in partnership. We work with clients on developing their rental product and act as an extension of their teams to negotiate and conclude the development, investment and property documentation.
Our dedicated data centre specialists understand the unique challenges that face this fast-moving sector. Bringing together lawyers from across our real estate, information technology (IT), banking, outsourcing, commercial, construction, energy infrastructure and data protection teams, we provide advice rooted in deep technical expertise.
With a highly regulated landscape and government and regulatory scrutiny at an all-time high, it is crucial for lawyers working in healthcare and assisted living to be well versed in the specific issues and challenges facing the sector. Our team provides a comprehensive service offering including outsourcing, corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets, regulatory, employment and procurement.
With an understanding of the many stakeholders involved in hotel acquisition and development, our hotels team works closely with owners, investors, developers, funders and managers on projects across the world.
Infrastructure projects are often challenging and complex. Our lawyers have a strong track record of delivering high value projects across our comprehensive suite of services.
Advising on some of the largest transactions, our lawyers working in logistics and industrials are highly experienced in advising businesses in this sector.
Our team of real estate lawyers has worked on many large-scale urban regeneration projects. We combine our housing and commercial property expertise to advise our clients on the challenges brought by mixed-use developments, helping billion pound schemes deliver change across the UK.
Acting for clients including institutional investors, asset managers, developers, banks, public bodies and corporations, we have dealt with many millions of square feet of offices. We have deep knowledge in buying, selling, leasing, development, construction, planning, funding and asset management. Our experience is extensive and includes representing UK and overseas in their HQ relocation projects, office pre-lets, investments, disposals, developments and general corporate real estate.
Acting for owners, developers, local authorities and operators of some of the UK's largest shopping centres, retail parks and high street retail portfolios, our team has specialist retail expertise. We can advise on the full lifecycle of a retail asset, from acquisition, development, funding, letting and asset management to sale.
Our regeneration specialists advise all types of stakeholders across regeneration schemes, advising on the commercial and legal issues that can arise when delivering projects.
As a trusted adviser to a number of top 10 developers and housebuilders in the UK, we are known for leading on high-value, complex projects. The team operates a complete service for all aspects of development work and prioritises accuracy and efficiency in every matter.
We have a multi-disciplinary team of specialist real estate lawyers that advise clients operating across the senior living sector. Whether you are an operator, contractor, developer, funder or investor we can support you with the full life cycle of a senior living asset.
We have extensive experience in helping investors, developers, operators and higher education clients acquire, develop, sell and manage their student accommodation investments in a tax efficient manner. As industry specialists, we pride ourselves on our ability to filter complex issues with clear and manageable advice, tailored to the needs of our client's businesses.
Client work
Avison Young
Advising the world's fastest growing commercial real estate services firm on its acquisition of GVA, one of the UK's leading and most diverse real estate advisory-led businesses.
Blackstone
Advising the private equity firm on the £4.66 billion acquisition of UK student accommodation company IQ from Goldman Sachs. IQ's portfolio includes 76 student accommodation sites.
Royal London
Retained to provide legal services for the business' offices portfolio, which is valued at £4 billion, our relationship with Royal London goes back more than 15 years.
M&G Real Estate
Advising on the £94.3 million acquisition of a UK logistics portfolio from Mountpark Logistics EU, which included five buildings in key distribution locations.
Ecoworld
Advising Ecoworld on the acquisition and development of the Aberfeldy scheme in Tower Hamlets, providing 233 new homes comprising private rental accommodation and affordable social housing.
Sanctuary Group
Advising one of the UK's leading providers of housing on numerous strategic transactions to support its £750 million national development programme to deliver more than 5000 new homes.
Recognition in the UK
They are the best team we work with…they are professional and customer-oriented." Chambers & Partners
We are consistently ranked as a top tier real estate firm by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. Our team has also been recognised by a host of industry awards including The Times Best Law Firms, The British Legal Awards and The Lawyer Awards. In 2021, for example, the team achieved 'Commended' status at The Lawyer Awards for its work with Thakeham Homes to bring a new town in South Cambridgeshire to life – the UK's first zero-carbon community.
Meet the UK team
Clive Chalkley
Partner, Real Estate Sector Head
Chris Hunt
Partner, Head of Real Estate
Sally Pinkerton
Partner, Head of International Real Estate
Anuj Johar
Senior Associate (Dubai Office)