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With a recently strong UK real estate market struggling to keep up with demand, competition for prime assets is higher than ever. In addition to availability, landlords, developers, asset managers, investors and occupiers face a range of challenges and opportunities in the current climate. These include the increasing globalisation of the real estate investment market, the growing demand for а high quality built environment with continued focus on achieving sustainability, and the increased use of technology and rising cyber security risks.

With one of the largest real estate teams in the UK, we have the resource and expertise our clients need to respond to this fast-paced market. Our lawyers provide decisive, pragmatic solutions allowing clients to react quickly to seize opportunities. With dedicated planning, finance, tax, construction and dispute specialists as part of the group, we are able to ensure that our clients are realising the most value possible from their assets.

We are one of the few City-based firms able to offer clients a truly full UK-wide service with offices in London, Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield and Reading.

In addition to our UK offering, we have real estate lawyers in 70 offices worldwide, making our Real Estate and Construction Practice one of the largest specialist teams worldwide.

We are very proud to be working with some of the most dynamic real estate businesses around at the moment. Our clients range from large international and private investors to developers, universities, utility providers and occupiers.

 
Rosie Underwood
Rosie Underwood
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Rosie is an Associate within the CMS Real Estate team. She advises on a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions including acquisitions & disposals, structuring, business reorganisations &...
Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward
Associate
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Jonathan qualified as an Associate in the Planning team in March 2023 after completing his traineeship at an international firm
Gordon West
Gordon West
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Gordon is an Associate in the Real Estate Department.  Qualified in England and Wales and Scotland, he works on a wide range of transactions, including asset management for institutional investors. 
Laura Whiteley
Laura Whiteley
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Laura is an Associate in the real estate team in London. She has a broad range of experience covering all aspects of commercial property work, including acquisitions and disposals, property finance and...
George Williams
George Williams
Associate
United Kingdom, Bristol
George is an Associate in the Real Estate Transactions team
Ewan Wilson
Ewan Wilson
Associate
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Ewan is an associate in the Energy, Projects and Construction team. He specialises in non-contentious construction advice and has experience of providing strategic and practical advice to clients
Crystal Wright
Crystal Wright
Associate
United Kingdom, Bristol
Crystal Wright is an associate in the real estate team specialising in commercial property transactions acting for various institutional landlords as well as occupiers. She has also assisted on large...
Phil Zimnicki
Philip Zimnicki
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Philip is an associate in the Real Estate team and joined CMS in June 2022. Philip advises on a broad range of real estate transactions for investors, developers, and corporate occupiers, amongst ot...
Iain Doran
Iain Doran
Consultant
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Iain Doran is a consultant in the Real Estate group and specialises in commercial property development. He has built an arbitration practice on property disputes, especially concerning rent reviews and...
Elaine Piggot
Elaine Piggot
Professional Support Lawyer
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Acting as in-house counsel on Scottish real estate matters, Elaine provides technical legal expertise to the team helping them reach pragmatic commercial solutions in complex transactions.   She provides...