The real estate team advises a wide range of clients, from multinational companies to public authorities, on their property issues. Our experience spans a very broad range of transactional, advisory, and contentious matters and extends to the peripheral issues that can crop up in the property context, for example, tax, environmental, and health and safety issues.

We regularly advise on a wide variety of commercial property transactions, such as:

• the acquisition, development and disposal of all types of commercial property from offices to industrial sites, either individually or as a portfolio;
• new premises for start up businesses and office relocations for commercial tenants including acquiring leases by way of grant, assignments, or sub-letting;
• disposals of surplus properties in line with clients’ business needs including sales, assignments, and sub-lettings;
• acquisitions and disposals of properties as part of asset or share purchases/sales; and
• development finance and property investment acquisitions.

We also advise on construction law matters, such as:

• construction contracts;
• development agreements;
• bonds;
• professional appointments; and
• warranties.

We also advise on issues connected with owning, occupying, or managing properties, for example licences to assign, underlet, alter and change use; deeds of variation; surrender of leases; and licences to occupy.