CMS Real Estate team named Northern Powerhouse at Legal 500 awards

International law firm CMS has been named Real Estate Firm of the Year at the inaugural Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards.

The Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards recognise the lawyers, law firms and in-house legal departments setting the pace in the North of England, providing a platform to celebrate their achievements over the last 18 months. The winners were determined based on the Legal 500’s research for the annual UK Solicitors guide.

Mark Haywood, CMS Real Estate partner and Head of the North, comments: “We are delighted to have won this recognition, which is testament to the strength of our growing practice across the North. The CMS Real Estate team advises some of the largest investors and developers on many of the largest and most exciting schemes across the UK. I would like to extend my thanks and congratulations to our full team for their incredible hard work and dedication to our clients.”

The Northern CMS Real Estate practice has gone through a period of expansion, with the recent appointment of Helen Johnson, Helen Balliger and David Hardy in the firm’s Sheffield office. The team has advised on more than £2.5bn transactions across the logistics and warehouse space in the past two years.