Real estate
With broad and long-standing experience advising individuals, families, developers and private banks, we are involved in every aspect of buying, financing and selling high-value property in the residential, commercial and rural property markets.
We have one of the largest and most respected teams of dedicated property lawyers in the sector, advising clients from all over the world in matters of residential, commercial and rural property across the UK and central London.
Our clients benefit from our connections with buying agents, finance brokers and banks, or our knowledge of the best heritage consultants, structural engineers, landscapers and interior designers. We also regularly support clients on any of the diverse legal issues that emerge out of relocation and property ownership, whether linked to immigration, employment or family law.
What we do:
- Buying, financing and selling residential, commercial and rural property
- Planning
- Construction
- Offshore trusts
- Buying and selling property holding companies
- Tax issues
- Leasehold enfranchisement
Recent experience:
- Advising a private bank on a new £100m financing to two Canadian trusts secured against two super prime London properties, one of which is currently undergoing significant redevelopment.
- Advising on the £44.5m cash purchase of prime London house.
- Acting on the purchase of a London pied à terre for a CEO client based in the United States.
- Acting on the purchase within one month of a landed estate in Dorset, including farms and over 30 cottages, for over £20m.
- Advising private individuals on privacy, security and related court proceedings following vandalism of property.
- Advising high-profile individuals in connection with media intrusion, including in relation to private residences.
- Acting on the sale of a prestigious Yorkshire grouse moor.
- Advising on the purchase of a residential estate with extensive chalk stream fishery.
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