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James Crookes
Partner, Head of Real Estate and Property
Real Estate
Our award-winning team cuts across global boundaries and comprises specialists in investment, development, corporate, funds, finance, tax, planning, environmental and dispute resolution.
Change and opportunity in the global Real Estate sector
James Crookes, global Head of Real Estate at Pinsent Masons, discusses some of the macro-trends shaping the sector today.
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Our latest work
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
Claire Hughes
Partner, Head of Client Relationships - Real Estate
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Claire Hughes
Partner, Head of Client Relationships - Real Estate
Claire is Head of the London Property Practice and Head of Client Relationships for our Global Real Estate Sector. Under Claire’s leadership in managing the London Property Team we have succeeded in winning a number of strategic clients as well as achieving recognition through industry awards including the Legal 500 Real Estate Team of the Year.
Dr. Wolfram Pätzold
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Germany
Wolfram specialises in the Real estate sector.
James Crookes
Partner, Head of Real Estate and Property
James leads our Real Estate Global Sector, and is Head of our Property Group.
José Luis García-Manso
Partner
José Luis García-Manso is the Pinsent Masons Partner in charge of Madrid Real Estate team. He has extensive experience in commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, acquisition/disposal-related real estate transactions, forward-funding agreements, letting, sale & leaseback, restructuring and real estate M&A.
Kevin Collins
Partner
Kevin is one of Ireland’s leading real estate lawyers specialising in property and energy transactions. He advises developers, investors and funders on all aspects of real estate development, investment and financing including site assembly, leasing, asset management, access and services.
Philip Corfield-Smith
Partner
Philip is the head of the Real Estate department in the Middle East, having practiced in the region since 2006. He and his team regularly advise on the region's largest and most complex real estate, development, hospitality, education and infrastructure projects. He regularly advises governments, master/sub developers, leading hotel owners/operators, education owners/operators, international/local investors, global contractors and corporations.
Our expertise, at your disposal
With over 430 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
Latest press releases
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised China Education on the AU$128m acquisition of King's Own Institute in Australia.
Pinsent Masons advises Ebbsfleet Development Corporation on critical land acquisition for garden city project
International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) on the acquisition of land from Ebbsfleet Investment GP Limited for a landmark regeneration project.
Increase in average prison sentence length for tax evasion - now over two and a half years
There was a 10% rise in the average prison sentence length for tax evasion last year jumping to 2 years 7 months*, up from 2 years 5 months, says Pinsent Masons, the international law firm.
For more information about how we can help, contact:
James Crookes
Partner, Head of Real Estate and Property
