Property & Estates (Lot 2)

The areas of law or types of activities which might typically arise under this category are:

  • Acquisitions and disposals (inc relevant tax advice)
  • Compulsory Purchases
  • Leases, Licences and conveyancing
  • Landlord and Tenant matters
  • Site re-developments/ property development
  • Environmental and planning (including planning inquiries)
  • Rent reviews
  • Party Walls and rights to light etc
  • Social Housing
  • PPPs

Our Property Group has a strong track record on advising a wide range of Government and other public sector organisations including DEFRA, NOMS, DTI, English Partnerships, various RDAs and local authorities over a number of years.

We have a particular reputation in complex property led transactions such as regeneration, PPPs and LBVS. Our Structured Solutions for Government product has been developed to maximise the opportunities for Government using complex contractual structures.

We understand the practical and daily challenges for the public sector having a large, geographically spread and diverse estate, and with the added overlay and complication of responding variously to the Haskins, Gershon and Lyons agendas.  We understand the financial constraints of the public sector, most recently encapsulated in CSR 07.

With over 150 lawyers around the UK our Property Group has a national reputation in advising a variety of real estate clients.  With such a large, well-established team, we can resource any type of real estate work on a local or national basis as required.

To find out how we can help you call or email Adrian Barlow.

The following are examples of our client successes:

  • Advising English Partnerships all he aspects associated with the development of the First Time Buyer’s Initiative.
  • Advising the 4 London Olympic Boroughs of Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and WalthamForest as local planning authorities on a series of 5 inter-locking planning applications for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
  • Advising English Partnerships in connection with its acquisition of one of the largest brownfield sites in the UK, the disused WWII airfield/barracks at Oakington, Cambridgeshire from the Ministry of Defence.  The 288 hectare site will be developed to form part of a new 9,500 home new town to be known as 'Northstowe'. 
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