Real Estate
From project to portfolio, build momentum with every decision
Make space for opportunity with advisers who understand the deals behind the development and the strategy behind the structure.
Whether you’re closing a major REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) transaction or breaking ground on a large-scale residential, commercial, or logistics development, even the most carefully drawn plans can take unexpected turns. Shifting policy landscapes, economic headwinds, and fast-evolving compliance demands can make or break your timeline, your capital flow, and your bottom line. That’s why you need advisers who understand where the industry is heading, and how to position your projects for what comes next.
Home to one of the world’s foremost full-service real estate legal teams, with nearly 500 professionals serving the sector worldwide, we help developers, funders, institutional investors, lenders, and public-sector stakeholders move decisively in a changing global market. With sought-after experience across asset classes, markets, and regulatory environments, we give you the edge to turn ambition into action and complexity into opportunity. Built differently Discover integrated, sector-led solutions that help you advance your projects, streamline your deals, and strengthen the long-term performance of your real estate assets.
Here’s what sets us apart:
Sector-specialised, asset-savvy: Real estate isn’t one-size-fits-all. That’s why we align our advice with the specific dynamics of your asset class and your broader commercial objectives. Our experience spans the full spectrum of real estate, from core sectors like residential, commercial, and industrial to specialised assets such as care facilities, data centres, hotels, and student accommodation.
Cross-border clarity, local depth: In an industry where borders blur, we combine global perspective with deep local insight to guide your next move, whether that means entering a new market or strengthening your existing portfolio. With offices across Canada, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, we deliver seamless support wherever business takes you.
Fully integrated for complex problems: The legal issues that shape your strategy rarely occur in isolation. Our full-service teams connect the dots across fund formation, acquisitions, planning and approvals, ESG, construction, disputes, and more, ensuring your legal blueprint supports every phase of your real estate project. The result: faster execution, fewer surprises, and advice that protects you.
Proactive, business-minded support: The best outcomes come from trusted relationships. We act as an embedded partner to your team: accessible, responsive, and always looking ahead. With commercial acumen and legal foresight working in tandem, we assemble the right team to help you spot risks early, seize opportunities sooner, and execute with precision.
From vision to completion and beyond
Across the real estate cycle, we offer clear, pragmatic legal advice that helps manage risk and unlock value. Explore our services:
