Residential and Urban Estates

Advising an Investor: on a c.£7m term loan facility to a borrower group secured with bills of sale granted over an extensive fine art collection.

Advising a Bank: Advised on the £16m financing to a propco/opco borrower structure who own and operate a prominent spa hotel in Buckinghamshire.

Advising SigmaRoc plc: on the debt funding as part of its €1bn reverse takeover of CRH plc's European limestone quarry businesses in Europe, a complex multijurisdictional transaction which involved negotiating facilities of €825m with Santander and BNP Paribas.

Advising a Bank: advised on a c.£45 million structured loan facility to refinance a portfolio of student and residential properties following a corporate restructure of the borrower.

Advising a Bank: on the refinancing of a portfolio of six purpose-built care homes across England and Scotland with an aggregate market value of approx. £112m. A total of circa 400 operational care beds will be provided.

Goodwin Properties: advised on the £159 Million to refinance of five exceptional purpose-built student accommodation assets strategically located in key regional cities across the United Kingdom.

Advising a Bank: on £8.9m funding for the redevelopment of industrial and logistics premises in Milton Keynes and Maidstone and general capex purposes and the implementation of full hedging to mitigate the risk of interest costs.

Acted for a HNW client in their purchase of a portfolio of properties in Mayfair, split over 11 dwellings, for a combined price of £52.5m.

We act for multiple clients on residential purchases from £1m to £5m in London and the Home Counties.

Acted for a HNW family in the sale of their property, which had been in their ownership for nearly 50 years. The team completed the exchange within five days, for £16m.

We acted for EEH Ventures, on a joint venture with Reditum, in connection with the loan facility made available to it to finance the Sky Subsidiary Buildings.

Acting for Mullion Group in connection with £24m facility made available to them by Emirates NBD Bank PSJC to refinance a portfolio of residential investment and development properties in London and the South East.

A dispute between buyer and seller/main contractor of residential leasehold property in the value of £6.5m relating to outstanding works, defects, breaches of planning and breaches of contract.

Advised client on extension of Wimbledon property subject to restrictive covenants and neighbour objections. Case involves construction, planning and valuation experts.

Successfully advised client on terminating purchase agreement for 7 flats worth £85m in Bryanston development in Marble Arch.

Advised freeholder on development of airspace above residential flats near Lords Cricket Ground.

Acting for an Asian government in SIAC arbitrations on airport and water supply projects.

Acting for a contractor in ICC arbitration relating to a defective sewer network.

Advising on two transport mega-projects in Europe and Asia.

Acting for a government employer in a series of dispute board referrals relating to port works.

Acting for a contractor on a hotel refurbishment dispute in southern Europe.

Acting for a large restaurant group in connection with a landlord’s opposition to its application for a new tenancy of its flagship restaurant on the grounds of redevelopment.

Acting for developer office block acquisition in West London subject to multiple business tenancies. Working with client’s surveyors to implement a strategy to obtain vacant possession .

Acting for a large retailer on the renewal of its flagship store and contesting the validity and viability of the landlord's alleged proposals to develop

Joint venture with Kings Crescent Homes. Acted for equity fund who were providing guarantees and security to Homes England as part of the transaction, and entering into shareholders arrangements with borrower.

Advice on number of commercial and residential property acquisitions to include myriad of simultaneous transactions, ensuring our advice is thorough yet also commercially-sensible taking into our client's needs.

The client has two separate titles and leases but the flats were combined at the time of original construction of the building within which the flat is situated. An issue arose in 2019 when client tried to sell.

Advised client on extension of Wimbledon property subject to restrictive covenants and neighbour objections. Case involves construction, planning and valuation experts.

Successfully advised client on terminating purchase agreement for 7 flats worth �85m in Bryanston development in Marble Arch.

Advised freeholder on development of airspace above residential flats near Lords Cricket Ground.

Advising Middle Eastern Bank on the assignment and transfer of a US$1.5bn commodity murabaha facility.

Advising a property investor on a commodity murabaha facility made available to it by Gatehouse Bank to acquire commercial property.

Advising on a mezzanine facility provided by Middle Eastern financier and a financial institution syndicate, to finance £400m Park Crescent West.

Advising a Middle Eastern Bank on US$200m commodity murabaha facility made available to provide working capital to Kuwaiti trading company.

Advising a UK Bank on a commodity murabaha facility made available by it to a hotel developer.

Advising a large privately-owned construction and development company on the negotiation and finalisation of the building contract for The Stage, Shoreditch, including placement of key sub-contracts.

Advising several banking institutions on the construction aspects of the numerous development projects they are financing.

Advising a major residential developer on negotiation of a construction contract at Phase II of its Fulham Wharf 260 unit development.

Advising a hotel company on resolving critical delay issues with the extension and refurbishment of a country hotel.

Resolving for commercial developers, ultimately by adjudication, disputes on scopes of work, payment, and ultimately termination of the building contract.

Advising a specialist developer, funding partner & advisor on the redevelopment of the former Elizabeth Shaw chocolate factory, Bristol into a mixed-use residential and commercial scheme.

Acting for clients ranging from contractors, sub-contractors and owners of historic buildings in disputes concerning their construction projects.

Acting for a major UK developer on construction matters for a variety of its multi-million pound mixed-use schemes across London.

Advising Galliard Homes on construction of 900 unit mixed-use Harbour Central and on the 300 unit forward sale to a US fund.

Acting for an energy, water and environment contractor on claims for compensation events under an NEC framework agreement on work in SW London.

Advising an ultra-high-net-worth individual on claims for defective works and professional negligence on a home refurbished for smart building and sustainability.

Advising a contractor of their entitlements to further money following a request for sectional completion of a central London hotel.

Advising the UK's largest marina on breakwater contracts to replace sea defences.

Advising on the corporate sale of Mitre Yard a BTR development in North Kensington, London.

Advising on the corporate acquisition of a landmark site in Queensway, London.

Advising on the acquisition of an Office block in Manchester.

Advising on the corporate sale of a major English service station.

Advising the exiting investment consortium on the sale of The Westminster London Hotel.

Advising on the acquisition of a portfolio of purpose-built student accommodation assets.

Advising a Singaporean investor on all of its UK joint ventures.

Advising a leading life science developer and asset manager on its joint venture and development management arrangements for significant projects in Camden and Whitechapel.

Advising on various hotel management, student operator and asset management agreements.

Advising the exiting investment consortium on the sale of The Westminster London Hotel.

Acting as sole legal advisers for a Charity on all aspects of their c. £224m property portfolio predominantly in London, including all investment and asset management work, enfranchisement matters and property litigation.

Advising a leading private property investment company on the management of its extensive portfolio of Prime Central London commercial, residential, and mixed-use assets, including multi-let office buildings in Mayfair.

Acting for a family office with a large mixed asset portfolio of properties across the UK. The team has acted for the client for in excess of 25 years building a strong relationship and advising on a full range of asset management services including acquisitions, sales, lettings, refinances and all aspects of real estate dispute resolution matters

Acting for a private family office for over 30 years including on the purchase, asset management subsequent sale of a commercial asset for £150m. London Buildings: The company has a large commercial portfolio, with some mixed use buildings.

Acting for a number of national developers on a range of asset management transactions including first lettings of units in ongoing and recently completed developments with a number of lettings conditional on a completion of the relevant unit and/or planning permission for the proposed use

Acting for third generation family company in respect of their predominantly industrial portfolio in South West England. Advice includes advising on land acquisitions and disposals, strategic advice on the potential large-scale re-development of sites, leasing both new leases and renewals, forfeiture, surrenders and all other aspects of landlord and tenant.

Acting in respect of purchase, development, management and sale of a multi tenanted service station in South-West England. Advising on all asset management matters including new leases (solar farm leases, electrical vehicle power leases, petrol station lease, drive thru leases) as well as lease renewals for retail units.

Advising the UK's largest housebuilder on contractual and statutory dispute avoidance and advisory services arising from a review of all developments they have completed in the last 30 years. We continue to provide strategic advice on litigation risk across a portfolio of over 200 developments. This includes bringing and defending claims for historic building safety defects with claims in excess of £400m.

Advising a client in relation to FRAEW and challenging fire engineers’ conclusions to limit the scope of remedial works.

Advising a freeholder client to navigate remediation of a higher-risk building in Prime Central London. The matter involves multiple parties, including a long leaseholder with duties imposed under the BSA 2022, and the original developer, who is mandated to remedy any fire safety life critical risks under its developer remediation contract.

Acting for the developer in the first of the major class actions to go before the TCC in the wake of the Grenfell disaster. The case was successfully settled with no order as to costs.

Advising a group of leaseholders in an Upper Tribunal Appeal where the extent of the leaseholder protections under the Act are in dispute.

Successfully acting for groups of leaseholders to pursue a landlord to recover costs recharged to them to remedy historic defects, which are now protected by the BSA 2022. This included strategic advice on leaseholder protections introduced by the Act, along with pursuing claims for remediation orders and remediation contribution orders.

We work with housebuilders and asset managers to ensure compliance with the in-occupation obligations imposed on higher-risk buildings under the duty-holder regime introduced by the BSA 2022. We assist clients in meeting the ever changing and evolving requirements of occupied buildings at each stage of occupation.

Acting for an RTM Company and advising them in their application for a remediation contribution order against the freeholder.

Advising a health and fitness brand on its growth programme.

Advising a gamification and activity park on its first UK site at Star City, Birmingham.

Acting for Hovis bakeries on the sale and lease back of two bakery sites in Stratford and Erith for circa £32m.

Acting for a major general book publisher on the move to a new 36,500 sqft headquarters at The Smithson building.

Advising Pandora jewellery on the real estate aspects of the buy-back of its UK franchised business and its continued acquisition programme.

Advising Pure on its continued expansion including transport hubs.

Advising a UK-based fashion brand and retail store chain on its site acquisition and portfolio management.

Advising a Swiss luxury goods holding company on property, including flagship stores for brands including Cartier.

Advising on asset management work for David Clulow and Sunglass Hut.

Acting for Eco-World - Ballymore Properties JV on its mixed-use development at Leamouth South, London City Island.

Acting for a new 300,000ft² mixed-use project development in Brighton at the former Amex HQ.

Advising Galliard Homes on JV arrangements and ultimate disposal of Millharbour, a residential development with planning for 1,500 new homes.

Advising Gladstone Court Developments on building contract, subsale, development obligations and pre-emption rights for hotel redevelopment of Great Scotland Yard.

Advising a property developer and investor on the purchase, for residential development, of St James House, in the 02 Centre, Birmingham.

Advising Merton Catalyst on the development agreement, 106 obligations, affordable housing and construction of former Wimbledon football stadium Plough Lane.

Advising a property developer on the forward funding, and development of a 38-acre residential and commercial development near Thames Barrier.

Advising tenants on a claim to extend a lease with 12 years left to run with landlord's seeking a £6.8m premium.

Advising the freeholder of a large mixed-use scheme opposing a claim by the leaseholders to buy the freehold, preventing ongoing development of £100m+.

Advising leaseholders acquiring the freehold of high value homes on London landed estates.

Advising a leaseholder extending the lease of their flat where the landlord is missing.

Acting for leaseholders of multiple mansion block apartments seeking to extend their leases ahead of a potential sale.

We gave strategic planning legal advice to a prominent boxing gym brand to protect against planning enforcement action.

We advised an investor on a multi-million pound acquisition of a 41-storey residential development in the Elephant and Castle regeneration area.

We advised a global Middle Eastern multidisciplinary consulting business on the redevelopment of their UK headquarters.

Advising a developer on planning matters for its mixed-use development with three residential towers, podium-level gardens and a cruise terminal.

Providing strategic planning legal advice on a planning application for redevelopment of a waste site skirting the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Acting for Eco-World - Ballymore Properties on London City Island their mixed use development at Leamouth South.

Acting for the developer of the Battersea Power Station in relation to their residential plot sales.

Acting for Galliard Homes in respect of the purchase, development and plot sales of the four residential blocks at County Hall.

Advising national developer on the residential and commercial plot sales at luxury central London landmark site.

Acting for Rocket Properties on Atlas Building landmark Old Street luxury mixed-use 38 floor development.

Advising development group on the development and plot sales of its 38-acre residential and commercial scheme near the Thames Barrier.

Advising an ex professional footballer and his wife in a complex property dispute.

Advising tenants on a claim to extend a lease with 12 years left to run with landlord's seeking a £6.8m premium.

Advising a restaurant group on its application for new tenancy for its flagship site the landlord’s opposition.

Acting for the developers on fire strategy and compliance following the Grenfell tower fire.

Acting for a tenant on its former Holborn HQ in defending a claim for damages for dilapidation of over £1m.

Acting for employers under JCT contracts on professional negligence claims for defective design and construction of bespoke high end properties.

Advising tenants of a mixed-use estate on a major service charge dispute seeking a determination on general management cost liabilities for residential.

Defending an appeal to the Privy Council on compensation our Antigua hotel client was entitled to, secured compensation award of US$43m.

Advising the prospective tenant of a 65,700 sqft SE London unit where the landlord refused consent to assign the lease.

Advising developers on their West London office block acquisition with multiple tenancies and with client's surveyor obtaining vacant possession.

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.

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.

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 local authority on issues related to the re-housing of tenants following a major incident affecting several hundred units.

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 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 Pandora Jewellery on the real estate aspects of the buy-back of its UK franchised business and its continued acquisition programme.

Acting for Pandora Jewellery on the real estate aspects of the buy-back of its UK franchised business and its continued acquisition programme.

Advising an international engineering enterprise on the establishment of their energy business and connections to a number of mixed use development schemes.

Advised the project sponsor, for a large multi-utility scheme involving the building of all utility infrastructure for a new town.

Acting for Pan Macmillan publishers on the move of 230 staff to a new 36,500 sqft headquarters at The Smithson building in EC1.

Advised the master developer on the district heating and ESCO agreements to serve a large redevelopment project.

Advised an investor and developer on the development agreement and energy arrangements for the regeneration of land near Wembley Stadium.

Advised a multi-utility energy business, on its industrial CHP and district heating scheme to serve the large Slough Trading Estate.

Advising on the heating and cooling scheme for a new urban landscape, The International Quarter, Stratford.

Advising on the district heating scheme for residential and commercial customers on a large regeneration scheme in Blackwall, East London.

Advising an ex-pat businessman on the purchase of a high-end London property, adding to his significant property portfolio.

Advising a journalist and TV presenter on the sale of a high value property in London and the purchase of another London property.

Strategically advising joint venture partners in connection with the share sale of their PBSA portfolio via a competitive bid process. Work included collating, setting up, and managing a sale data room; preparing CLLS Certificates of Title; and drafting and negotiating a sell-side suite of sale documents and ancillary matters.

Advised a Singaporean property investment fund on the acquisition and development of multiple PBSA assets as part of a wider £1bn portfolio disposal. This included the share purchase of four operational sites and a development site with planning for a 167-bed scheme. The transaction involved a complex structure, including a sub-sale, novation of option agreements, and negotiation of a development management agreement. We also advised on the share purchase agreement, funding, and post-acquisition development financing, and continue to support the client with ongoing asset management.

Acting for a lender on a PBSA development financing with a mixture of studio and cluster apartments providing 556 en-suite bedrooms and a retail unit.

We acted in the securing of a loan to enable our client to facilitate the development and completion of a scheme in Birmingham.

Strategically advising an investor client on all of its PBSA developments including advising and negotiating the joint venture documentation, real estate due diligence in respect of the sites, acquisition and disposal advice (both share acquisitions and disposals and straight asset acquisitions and disposals), development and asset management agreements and funding arrangements.

Advising a client on a Section 106 agreement for the demolition of existing structures and the construction of a PBSA scheme comprising over 414 units, light industrial floorspace, access works, associated landscaping, cycle parking, public realm improvements, refuse and recycling stores, and other associated works.

Strategically advising a client on Building Safety matters across their student accommodation portfolio.