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Real Estate & Planning Disputes lawyers

Whether you are a developer, landlord, contractor or occupier, when a real estate project or transaction becomes contentious, you need legal advice from a disputes team that understands the issues peculiar to the sector.

Our Real Estate Disputes Team is one of the largest specialist teams in the UK. Servicing clients from 6 locations in London, Bristol, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, the team focuses exclusively on real estate issues. Working as an embedded part of the wider real estate group, the team gives clients the benefit of experience acting for the full spectrum of property holders across the widest range of disputes.

Our clients include landlords, tenants, infrastructure providers, corporate occupiers, institutional funds and insolvency practitioners, and the team has expertise in mixed-use and residential property issues, as well as commercial property: from real estate related insolvency to leasehold enfranchisement.

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Whatever the complexity or type of dispute, our starting point is always to listen to you. Our approach and solutions are designed around your priorities: preserving the value of your investments and relationships, minimising costs, and achieving a speedy resolution. We’re particularly committed to helping you keep control of your costs, providing upfront fee estimates and, in certain cases, undertaking fixed fee work.

As a team, heading to the court room is not our aim. Litigation should be a last resort. We pride ourselves on achieving commercial solutions for our clients, whether that is by mediation, arbitration or litigation. 

 
Will Anderson
Will Anderson
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Will Anderson is a partner in CMS's UK Dispute Resolution Group advising clients on a wide range of English law commercial disputes. His work often involves bringing and defending claims for breach of...
Marc Armstrong
Marc Armstrong
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Marc is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team in Edinburgh with over 16 years’ experience and a focus on Real Estate Disputes in Scotland. Marc works with clients in relation to a variety of disputes...
Marcus Barclay
Marcus Barclay
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Marcus is a real estate litigator focusing on strategic advice and commercial outcomes.  Marcus headed up Olswang's Real Estate Litigation team for 25 years and has dealt with all types of contentious...
Robin Biela
Robin Biela
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Robin is a partner in the Real Estate Disputes Team
Louise Boswell
Louise Boswell
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Louise Boswell advises on disputes and dispute risk areas in a range of sectors.  She regularly acts on complex commercial contractual disputes including post-acquisition and on termination, and disputes...
Danielle Drummond-Brassington
Danielle Drummond-Brassington
Partner
Head of Real Estate Disputes
United Kingdom, London
Danielle Drummond-Brassington is a partner and the Head of our Real Estate Disputes team.  She provides support to the wider Real Estate team on transactions dealing with issues such as interpretation...
Martin Garner
Martin Garner
Partner
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Martin is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate with 13 years’ experience in real estate disputes based in the Sheffield office. Martin is a trusted advisor acting for key institutional landlords, funds...
Julie Gattegno
Julie Gattegno
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Julie is a partner in the firm's Real Estate Dispute Resolution team with over 20 years’ experience dealing with a huge variety of contentious property issues, with an emphasis on providing commercially...
Sara Keag
Sara Keag
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Sara is a Partner in the Real Estate Disputes team
Simone Ketchell
Simone Ketchell
Partner
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Simone heads up our Sheffield based Real Estate Litigation team whilst working with members of our teams based in London and Bristol to deliver a seamless service to clients. The Sheffield team is one...