Real estate

Our real estate lawyers offer a comprehensive service to owners and occupiers of business space, from multi-national corporations to UK-based businesses, from established names to start-ups.

By understanding the real estate needs of businesses from a wide range of industry sectors, we are able to offer effective, creative and practical solutions to the challenges they face.

Matters we regularly advise on include corporate headquarter deals, portfolio reorganisations and commercial leasing advice. We also work with many international companies and lawyers on the real estate aspects of inward investment and UK business start-ups. We have experience in specialist retail sectors such as garden centres and fast food, including franchised businesses and new entrants to the UK market.

Our commercial real estate experience includes:

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Sale and leasebacks
• Commercial landlord and tenant
• Property management
• Environment
• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• Business renewals
• Dilapidations
• Property tax
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Restructuring
• Property Finance

Recently we have advised:

• Kodak on its collaboration with Land Securities to deliver phased development of its global photographic paper production plant at Harrow
   
• A leading pharma company on its UK real estate portfolio
   
• A major land-owner on the management of its historic estate in Central London
   
• A leading international real estate consultancy on its central London head quarters move
   
• Institutional investors on all aspects of their real estate interests