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Real Estate Investment lawyers

With demand for prime assets higher than ever, real estate investment is becoming an increasingly global market. Being able to respond quickly to investment opportunities, in whatever jurisdiction they present themselves, is essential. Whether you are looking to make your first investment in the UK or adding to a growing portfolio across Europe, at CMS we have a team of lawyers with exceptional experience across the full range of investment sectors, including the more specialist alternative asset classes.

We are working with the most active funds across the UK, together with a range of private equity and individual investors, helping them acquire and realise the best returns on a wide range of investment assets including retail, leisure, hotels, office, industrial, residential and student accommodation.

We build long-standing relationships with our clients, large and small, to understand their strategy and priorities as an investor. For example, we have exclusive mandates on the M&G Property Portfolio fund and Aberdeen Property Trust - currently the two largest real estate funds of their kind in the UK. We also have exclusive mandates on the Akzo Nobel, Siemens and Thames Water pension schemes, funds which focus on smaller investment properties. We have acted for these funds for over 20 years, dealing with all portfolio matters from multi million pound acquisitions and disposals to licences to assign and rent review memoranda.

In addition to our UK work, we have European-wide relationships with investors like Pramerica who we have acted for in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

 
David Abel
David Abel
Partner
United Kingdom, Bristol
David Abel is a partner in the transactional Real Estate team. He has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate work including investment sales and purchases, development transactions, joint...
Andrew Banton
Andrew Banton
Partner
Co-head of the Real Estate Sector
United Kingdom, London
Andrew is a partner and Co-head of our Real Estate acting for owners including institutions, pension funds, property funds and local authorities on all aspects of acquisition, disposal and management...
Lindsey Barrett
Lindsey Barrett
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Lindsey is a Partner in our Real Estate team based in our London office.  She handles a wide range of real estate transactions including acquisitions and disposals, development work and all aspects of...
Steven Billingham
Steven Billingham
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Steven is a partner in the Real Estate Team. He acts for a variety of institutional, foreign and private investors across a varied range of investment and development transactions. Steven has a wide variety...
Candice Blackwood
Candice Blackwood
Partner
Co-Chair Life Sciences & Healthcare Sector
United Kingdom, London
Candice Blackwood is Co-Chair of the Life Sciences & Healthcare Sector and she is also a Partner in our Real Estate team. She specialises in large scale investment and development transactions acting...
Christopher Bowes
Christopher Bowes
Partner
United Kingdom, Sheffield
Chris is a Partner in our planning practice with more than 20 years' experience of advising public and private sector clients on a wide range of planning issues.  Chris has particular expertise in town...
Colin Brett
Colin Brett
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Colin is a Partner in the Real Estate team in London. Colin advises clients on commercial real estate in relation to the investment, management, development and financing of diverse real estate assets...
Melissa Brett
Melissa Brett
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Melissa has a wide range of experience in the real estate sector and has been involved in the sale and purchase of individual properties and commercial portfolios of in and out of town shopping centres...
David Bunker
David Bunker
Partner
United Kingdom, London
David advises on all aspects of corporate finance work for private and public companies, advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships and reorganisations. He has particular expertise...
Bill Carr
Bill Carr
Partner
Head of India Desk
United Kingdom, London
Bill Carr is a partner in our London Corporate team. His main focus is on infrastructure and energy projects and corporate real estate transactions. Bill is an active member of the CMS Corporate group...