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Rebecca Bullingham is an Of Counsel in the CMS Real Estate Disputes team, dealing with a full spectrum of contentious real estate issues. Her clients include institutional landlords, REITs, funds, developers and corporate occupiers across asset classes, with experience in complex landlord and tenant matters, development related disputes and portfolio asset management issues. Her work spans contested and uncontested lease renewals, service charge and rent disputes, dilapidations and repair, break rights, alienation and permitted use disputes, easements and covenants, nuisance and trespass, and strategic vacant possession advice. She also has a particular specialism for securing possession of commercial properties occupied by squatters, via urgent court proceedings, escalating via High Court action and injunctive relief where appropriate, and advising on ongoing prevention measures.
Rebecca also leads the team’s work on insurance related real estate issues, representing insurers and their insureds on issues relating to title defects, rights of way, restrictive covenants and boundaries. She is also one of the team’s resident insolvency experts, specialising in administration and liquidation, and also CVAs and restructuring plans, on which she has written and published articles and short and snappy LinkedIn videos.
Rebecca is praised by clients for her down-to-earth nature and commercial and pragmatic approach, providing straightforward advice which is easy to digest, alongside practical solutions.