Real Estate

Cutting edge real estate insight

We work with clients on all aspects of transactions involving the investment in and the management, development and financing of real estate assets, across all sectors of the economy. Our approach is simple: to understand and identify our clients’ ambitions and goals so that we can help achieve their objectives.

Whatever the sector, location or usage, our transactional real estate team use their considerable insight and experience to deliver advice that is robust, commercial and progressive. Our in-depth understanding of the issues and practicalities involved enables us to undertake complex transactions for a diverse client base that includes government bodies, major institutions and listed companies, plus landowners, lenders, developers and entrepreneurs.

Advising on the communities of tomorrow

Throughout their engagement with us, clients benefit from a committed, commercial approach. We’re proud of bringing fresh ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit to the table, especially when combined with our long and wide-ranging experience in all aspects of transactional real estate.

We work in collaborative client teams, drawing on expertise from the wider firm, allowing us to support particularly sophisticated transactions, including real estate projects in emerging markets.

As a firm we also understand the importance of tomorrow’s infrastructure, with commercial buildings and homes being climate resilient, energy efficient, technologically integrated and delivering societal, wellbeing or biodiversity benefits for users. We advise public authorities, investors, developers, landowners and planners on a wide range of sustainable infrastructure, real estate and resource management projects.

Recent experience

Acting for the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) on the HYPERLINK sale of New Scotland Yard (8-10 Broadway, Victoria, London) to the Abu Dhabi Financial Group for £370 million.

Acting for City North Finsbury Park Ltd on the site set-up and plot sales of a mixed-use development site at Finsbury Park in London, comprising commercial, affordable housing and over 300 open-market residential units.

Acting for SkyPark Development Partnership LLP on the pre-letting and development of a new 60,000 sq ft postal distribution centre to be occupied by GeoPost Uk Limited on a 25 year lease.

Acting for Barratt Homes on Phase 2 of the regeneration of North Prospect with Plymouth Community Homes under the HCA Development Partner Panel, for 172 affordable units and 172 private units. More phases to come on a 10 year roll out.

Acting for Greenland Group on the site set-up and plot sales at The Ram Quarter in Wandsworth – a 7.75 acre riverside site with planning for 661 apartments and approximately 108,000 ft2 (GIA) of retail and leisure amenity.