Our Real Estate team provides developers, asset managers, investors, occupiers and financiers with a full suite of services at every stage of the real estate lifecycle.
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James Stewart | Partner, Head of Real Estate
chambers uk 2025Howard Kennedy offers good service and has a team with different skill sets.
Our top-tier Real Estate team is one of the largest and best regarded in London. We have the knowledge and scale to respond and deliver high-quality advice quickly.
We are especially well known for our work in residential and mixed-use developments, as well as, the build to rent/PRS sectors. Our investor and commercial occupier clients include some of the best known names in hotels, retail and leisure.
Our 100+ strong teams focus on development, landlord and tenant, construction, and planning and environment. We help our clients through asset management, banking and real estate finance (including Islamic finance), investment, and residential development sales.
As well as advising you on renewable energy matters, corporate real estate, and tax issues, we will support you when things go wrong dedicating a team of real estate disputes specialists to get you from where you are to where you need to be.
Services for high net worth individuals and private investors include residential conveyancing and advice on their broader real estate portfolios.
We provide our clients with a clear set of options and recommendations based on our understanding of their objectives and the legal and financial risks. Our service is characterised by a strong and commercially informed understanding of the mechanics of the property market, the impact of macro-economic factors, the changing financial and tax landscape, and a focus on our clients’ goals and strategy.
In practice, this leads to close, long-term relationships with clients in the UK and overseas who recognise our expertise and the value we add through our pragmatic, commercial approach to property matters.
No matter your needs, we've got you covered. Below is a selection of services we offer to help keep you moving forward.
Banking and finance
Commercial occupiers
Corporate real estate
Development
Leasehold enfranchisement
Planning and environment
Prime residential conveyancing
Real estate dispute resolution
Real estate finance
Real estate investment
Renewable energy
Residential development sales
UK construction disputes
Acting for Pandora Jewellery on the real estate aspects of the buy-back of its UK franchised business and its continued acquisition programme.
Acting for Oxley Group of Companies on the forward funding, and development at Royal Wharf, a 38-acre residential + commercial development near the Thames Barrier.
Acting for Galliard Homes on the construction of its 900 unit mixed-use scheme Harbour Central and the forward sale of 300 units to a US fund.
Acting for a major general book publisher on the move to a new 36,500 sqft headquarters in London EC1.
Advising a developer on all planning matters involved in its acquisition of a mixed use development with planning permission for three residential towers, landscaped podium level gardens and a cruise terminal.
Advising a household name real estate business on complex employee relations issues and enforcing restrictive covenants against departing employees.
Advising Real estate investment fund EEH Ventures on its UK investment programme in mixed-use and hotels with current deal values exceeding £400m.
Acting for a Middle Eastern Bank in connection with the assignment and transfer of a US$1.5bn commodity murabaha facility made available to a Middle Eastern development company for working capital purposes.
Acting for a local authority on issues related to the re-housing of tenants following a major incident affecting several hundred units.
Working closely with you, we'll find the best way to get you quickly and easily from where you are to where you want to be.
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