Real estate development


Development is key to all sectors of the real estate market. We can help you rise to the challenges each project brings, to secure your desired outcomes and maximise returns.

The development sector faces challenges at present, especially in the face of economic and local, national and geo-political uncertainties. We can help you navigate these. We’ll work as part of your team, collaborating with your advisers. We'll help ensure you deliver strong investment returns and social value, to programme and to budget. In our role as business advisers, we make it our aim to understand and be responsive to your commercial objectives, to support you to achieve the maximum potential from your projects.

Our experience


Over many years we have advised on a wide range of development projects across the real estate market – from commercial, residential and mixed use schemes on greenfield and previously developed sites, to science parks, university expansions and student accommodation; and development of hospitals, mediparks, ports, and flood defences.

A combination of this number and variety of schemes, delivered across the country means that you can draw on our breadth of vision and depth of expertise, from having worked with so many different clients with a corresponding range of requirements. Some of our recent projects include:

  • Advising a property investment and development company on substantial prime retail park developments nationwide, including forward funding arrangements and lettings to major retailers.

  • Working with a range of privately owned property companies and leading house builders in the acquisition and redevelopment of major mixed-use urban regeneration schemes and sustainable urban extensions in towns and cities nationally.

  • New communities work for a number of landowners and investors involved with large-scale, residential-led development, from promotion to planning and on to delivery and creating a legacy through place-making with robust place-keeping strategies.

  • Advising a number of commercial investors, higher education bodies, hospital trusts and charities in the development of science and bio-medical research parks.

Did you know?

First

We have acted for almost 50 years on the development of Cambridge Science Park, the country's first science park. 

40,000 new homes

Our clients are involved in the promotion and development of major projects that will deliver more than 40,000 new homes.

Chambers UK 2019

"Standout team, noted for its strong capabilities, frequently sought after to assist a range of prominent clients with high-value/complex matters."

What our clients say about us?

“I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for the way that you and your team have been sensitive and responsive to our client's requirements in negotiations with a number of house builders, and have made finding a way forward much smoother and easier!”

Homes England

“The firm is proactive with an in-depth knowledge of both commercial and financial related matters...good at looking after client requirements.”

Chambers

“Able to draw upon considerable planning, construction and real estate financing capabilities to provide clients with a comprehensive service.”

Chambers

Our clients

We have clients in all key sectors in the real estate development market: landowners, developers and investors, publicly and privately owned, including:

  • Bruntwood
  • Urban&Civic
  • Group O&H Properties
  • Langtree
  • Tritax Symmetry
  • Brookgate
  • London & Regional Propertie
  • General Practice Investment Corporation
  • Derwent London
  • LendLease
  • Berkeley Group
  • Countryside Properties
  • Trinity College Cambridge
  • St John's College Oxford
  • NHS Foundation Trusts
  • Universities and local authorities 

Our lawyers

Our experienced lawyers has a "can-do" approach, offering proactive, commercially-tuned, creative advice. No project is without its commercial, legal and practical challenges; you can be sure we have an answer for how to deal with your queries – in fact we have probably dealt with something the same before.

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