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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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A rule of thumb, not a rule of law: indicative plans and boundaries

A rule of thumb, not a rule of law: indicative plans and boundaries

11 Nov 2026 5 min read
Legal briefing on contractual control agreements

Legal briefing on contractual control agreements

09 Nov 2026 2 min read
Lost, found, lost again: lost modern grant, charity land and clothing easements with legal rights

Lost, found, lost again: lost modern grant, charity land and clothing easements with legal rights

04 Nov 2026 9 min read
Autumn Budget 2026 - what it means for real estate

Autumn Budget 2026 - what it means for real estate

28 Oct 2026 9 min read
Where is the mast, really? Lease plans, the reality on the ground and telecoms lease renewals

Where is the mast, really? Lease plans, the reality on the ground and telecoms lease renewals

14 Oct 2026 8 min read
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

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