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Real Estate Development lawyers

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.

 
John Figura
John Figura
Associate
United Kingdom, Manchester
John Figura is a newly qualified associate in the CMS Real Estate Group. In this position, he is part of a new and innovative team, working cross-office as part of the Sheffield Transactions team in addition...
Matt Flanagan
Matt Flanagan
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Matt is an Associate in the Real Estate department
Claudia Guglielmino
Claudia Guglielmino
Associate
(Australian Qualified)
United Kingdom, London
Claudia is an Associate in the Real Estate Finance Group. She has assisted on a number of large real estate acquisitions and restructuring deals throughout Europe.  Her experience ranges from leisure...
Steph Hands
Steph Hands
Associate
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Steph Hands is an associate in the Real Estate Team at CMS Glasgow
Libby Mather
Libby Mather
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Libby is an Associate (FCILEx) in the Real Estate team based in London and specialises in the delivery of residential unit sales for developers. She joined CMS in 2023 from Michelmores. Libby has over...
Amy Mathewson
Amy Mathewson
Associate
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Amy Mathewson is an Associate in the Real Estate department in Edinburgh. 
Kathryn Nolin
Kathryn Nolin
Associate
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Katy qualified as an Associate in the Planning Team, having spent 18 months of her training contract working in the team. With nearly ten years of legal experience spanning two continents before joining...
Jess Nunes
Jess Nunes
Associate
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Jess Nunes is an Associate in the Real Estate department in Glasgow. 
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. 
George Williams
George Williams
Associate
United Kingdom, Bristol
George is an Associate in the Real Estate Transactions team