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Residential Real Estate lawyers

CMS’ Residential Real Estate practice has extensive experience and offers pro-active and tailored advice, handling a broad range of work for both commercial and private clients.

Acting for individual investors, developers, clients with personal investment portfolios and HNWI, we purchase, sell and manage investment clients' UK residential and commercial needs.

We deal with redevelopments, financing and plot purchases and sales throughout the UK and Central London. We provide bespoke and integrated tax, construction and planning advice. 

We provide advice on all aspects of a residential property transactions including:

  • Buying and selling individual properties and portfolios of properties. 
  • Site acquisition and subsequent development work.
  • Landlord and tenant transactions.
  • Management work.
  • Contentious and non-contentious enfranchisement work, collective enfranchisement actions, lease extensions and rights of first refusal.
  • Financing of acquisitions or refinancing of single assets or portfolios.
  • Student accommodation.

We can draw upon our various offices outside London located throughout the United Kingdom where a pool of resources and knowledge are located to assist in large scale property transactional work.

 
Melanie Hughes
Melanie Hughes
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Melanie Hughes is a Partner in the Real Estate Transactions team based in our London office, joining the firm in 2023 from Michelmores. Melanie is well known for her expertise in mixed use development...
Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson
Partner
United Kingdom, Manchester
 Dave has 20 years real estate experience and is expert in his areas of practice of property development and investment.  He acts for local authorities, major property companies and investors. He has...
Matthew Barnes
Matt Barnes
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Matt is a senior associate in the Real Estate Department of CMS Liverpool. He has wide ranging experience in dealing with all aspects of investment, development and mixed-use real estate transactions...
Sarah Coates-Madden
Sarah Coates-Madden
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Sarah is a senior property litigation solicitor with 17 years’ experience in well known Yorkshire forms. Her expertise includes lease renewals, Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 matters, forfeiture, dilapidations...
Libby Mather
Libby Mather
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Libby is an Associate (FCILEx) in the Real Estate team based in London and specialises in the delivery of residential unit sales for developers. She joined CMS in 2023 from Michelmores. Libby has over...
Aleksandra Rowe
Aleksandra Rowe
Associate
United Kingdom, Bristol
Aleksandra is an associate in the Real Estate Disputes Team at CMS Bristol