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Competition for sites, access to funding, changing legislation, achieving planning consent, rights to light issues and community infrastructure levy are just a few of the challenges facing developers in today’s real estate market.

Whether your development is mixed use, commercial, residential or an urban regeneration project, our team of real estate specialists can help you navigate the entire development cycle from site acquisition right through to lettings and disposal.

Our real estate group includes experts in real estate finance, planning, disputes, construction and tax, allowing us to provide developer clients with specialist advice at each stage of the development process.

Working together with clients including Land Securities, Berkeley Group, Crest, Taylor Wimpey, Sainsbury’s, Imperial College London and Battersea Power Station, we are involved in some of the most significant urban regeneration, residential, retail, leisure, office, hotel, PRS, student accommodation and mixed use development projects on going across the UK at the moment.

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Forthwell v Pontegadea: the UK Supreme Court clarifies the scope of transferred loss in Scots law

Forthwell v Pontegadea: the UK Supreme Court clarifies the scope of transferred loss in Scots law

30 Sep 2026 7 min read
Occupier’s duty of care: misconduct does not make a resident into a trespasser

Occupier’s duty of care: misconduct does not make a resident into a trespasser

23 Sep 2026 6 min read
The Nature Restoration Fund: Government publishes guidance on Environmental Delivery Plans, the Nature Restoration Levy, and the Nature Restoration Fund

The Nature Restoration Fund: Government publishes guidance on Environmental Delivery Plans, the Nature Restoration Levy, and the Nature Restoration Fund

22 Sep 2026 11 min read
Hold on, so you’re saying I can benefit from the Code even though I have the protection of the 1954 Act?

Hold on, so you’re saying I can benefit from the Code even though I have the protection of the 1954 Act?

20 Aug 2026 11 min read
Permitted Development Rights for Minerals: A Comprehensive Overview

Permitted Development Rights for Minerals: A Comprehensive Overview

10 Sep 2025 10 min read
Telecoms and redevelopment - a practical guide for landowners

Telecoms and redevelopment - a practical guide for landowners

23 Apr 2025
Key real estate issues to consider with data centres

Key real estate issues to consider with data centres

07 Nov 2024
Impact of changes to registration of overseas entities and other Companies House reform for property companies

Impact of changes to registration of overseas entities and other Companies House reform for property companies

15 Oct 2024

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