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Barry Morris is a Partner in our Property team. He handles a wide range of real estate transactions including:

  • acquisitions and disposals (with particular expertise on forward purchase agreements);
  • general investment advice (including comprehensive advice on multi-use schemes);
  • development work (including extensive rights of light expertise); and
  • asset management (with particular experience on innovative letting transactions in the period prior to a redevelopment).

Barry acts for a range of clients including  property companies, financial institutions, foreign investors and family offices.

Relevant experience

  • AXA and their JV partners on all aspects of the development and pre-letting (over 1m square feet to-date) of 22 Bishopsgate, the iconic 62 storey City tower, as well as their ‘Assembly’ development in Bristol.
  • Columbia Threadneedle on acquisitions and disposals and the asset management of Threadneedle Property Unit Trust.
  • Land Securities on the purchase of their interest in the Bluewater Shopping Centre, the development of The Forge, Southwark, the purchase of 55 Old Broad Street and the sale of 20 Fenchurch Street (the Walkle Talkie) for over £1.25bn.
  • Great Portland Estates on undertaking significant office pre-lets and forward sales in Central London.
  • Hogan Lovells – advising on their agreement with Royal London for their new 12-floor Holborn Viaduct headquarters.
  • Investream on their regional Northspring offices initiative.
  • Southside Leeds on their purchase of Westbank, Leeds.
  • Igal Ahouvi and partners on the acquisition, finance and management of their 85 VW showrooms portfolio.

Education

  • 1994 – LL.B (1st Class Honours), London Guildhall University, London
Practice Areas

Insights by Barry

Upwards only rent review ban – update to Bill

06 Nov 2025 5 min read

Sudden move to ban upwards only commercial rent reviews

14 Jul 2025 3 min read

CMS advises Hogan Lovells on new London HQ

21 Feb 2022 2 min read

CMS advises AXA IM - Real Assets on signing of first tenant in City of London tower Twentytwo

07 Aug 2018 2 min read
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