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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.

Our case went to court and we won. An outstanding result for our fund and for the industry at large…CMS did an exceptional job.
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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. 

 
Jim Pang
Jim Pang
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Jim Pang is an associate in the Real Estate Disputes department
Henry Powell
Henry Powell
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Henry is an associate in the Real Estate Disputes Team. He advises on a wide range of commercial real estate disputes including business lease renewals, rent reviews, dilapidations, and development issues...
Dominic Pugh
Dominic Pugh
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Dominic is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team
Ben Rayner
Ben Rayner
Associate
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Ben Rayner is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes team. Ben has experience of advising both landlord and tenant clients on a wide range of contentious commercial property issues including business...
Aleksandra Rowe
Aleksandra Rowe
Associate
United Kingdom, Bristol
Aleksandra is an associate in the Real Estate Disputes Team at CMS Bristol
Sally Tang
Sally Tang
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Sally is an Associate in the Real Estate Disputes Team. 
Gordon Tsang
Gordon Tsang
Associate
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Gordon is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at CMS.  He works on a range of commercial disputes and has a particular focus on property related disputes. Gordon advises on landlord and tenant...