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Overview

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.

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.

Our real estate solicitors 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.

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.

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.

Our real estate solicitors 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.

Related areas

We're built differently. We have over 460 experts in real estate law that specialise in all asset classes - from the traditional to the alternative, with services to support you across any scenario.

Asset Management

Asset Management

Data Centres

Data Centres

Industrial & Logistics

Industrial & Logistics

Living

Living

Offices

Offices

Planning

Planning

Real Estate Development

Real Estate Development

Real Estate Finance

Real Estate Finance

Real Estate Investment

Real Estate Investment

Real Estate Litigation

Real Estate Litigation

Asset classes

Data Centres

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.

Data Centres

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.

Hotels

Hotels

With an understanding of the many stakeholders involved in hotel acquisition and development projects, our hotels team works closely with owners, investors, developers, funders and managers on projects across the world.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

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.

Living

Living

The Living sector is made up of the student housing, co-living, residential, build to rent (BTR), affordable housing, senior living, and hotels asset classes. Our team is active across all the Living asset classes. Combining excellent legal advice and sector insight across these areas, we help developers, operators, investors and funders target this growth opportunity.

Logistics and industrials

Logistics and industrials

Advising on some of the largest transactions, our lawyers working in logistics and industrials have extensive experience in advising businesses in this sector.

Mixed-use

Mixed-use

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.

Offices

Offices

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.

Regeneration

Regeneration

Our regeneration specialists advise all types of stakeholders across regeneration schemes, advising on the commercial and legal issues that can arise when delivering projects.

Retail and leisure

Retail and leisure

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 real estate asset, from acquisition, development, funding, letting and asset management to sale.

Client work

Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Royal London

Royal London

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Avison Young

Avison Young

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Blackstone

Blackstone

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - M&G Real Estate

M&G Real Estate

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Royal London

Royal London

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Avison Young

Avison Young

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Blackstone

Blackstone

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - M&G Real Estate

M&G Real Estate

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Royal London

Royal London

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Avison Young

Avison Young

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Blackstone

Blackstone

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - M&G Real Estate

M&G Real Estate

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.
Real Estate - Category Page - Client Work - Royal London

Royal London

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.

Awards and recognition

"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 law firm by Chambers UK 2022 and The Legal 500 2022. 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. The team was named 'Property Law Firm of the Year' at the Insider West Midlands Property Awards 2022.

Key contacts

Chris Hunt

Chris Hunt

Partner

Head of Real Estate Group (UK)

Birmingham, London
Clive Chalkley

Clive Chalkley

Partner

Co-leader of Real Estate Sector (UK)
Head of Real Estate Litigation (UK)

London
Sally Pinkerton

Sally Pinkerton

Head of International Real Estate

London
View our team
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