Real Estate
Business-driven and dynamic
Chambers & Partners, the independent guide to the legal profession, lists our real estate team as
business-driven and dynamic
Not only do we give you excellent legal advice, we also apply our commercial insight to find solutions to the most complicated problems, to allow you to achieve your ultimate objective.
You benefit from our expertise in some of the largest property deals of recent years. We advise clients on the full spectrum of commercial real estate work including retail and general leasing, property investment, property development, portfolio management, property finance and lender services. We also have strong experience in acting on cross border deals.
Comprehensive service
As part of a large corporate and commercial law firm, we offer you a comprehensive service. Where appropriate, we draw on the skills and knowledge of our teams in corporate, real estate finance, planning, asset and invoice finance, litigation and mediation.
You can contact our head of department Jonathan Seddon on 0131 247 3177.
Areas of Expertise
- Purchase and sales
- Portfolio management
- Leasing
- Funding
- Commercial property aspects of insolvency
- Distressed sales
- Site acquisition
- Site assembly
- Planning
- Dispute resolution
- Litigation
- Energy
- Environmental
- Remediation
- Regeneration
- Contaminated land issues
Clients
Our clients include
- Ministry of Defence
- Scottish & Newcastle
- Scottish Ministers
- Diageo Plc
- Abercastle Holdings
- Volkwagen Group UK
- HBOS Group Property
- Matrix Securities
- Tritax
- National Australia Group
What clients say
You provide swift, reliable and incisive advice, and you always have regard to the practical commerciality of a deal.
Peter Lowrie, Granite Edge
We continue to receive a highly professional and responsive service suited to our needs.
David Carter, Corporate Property Director, Diageo PLC
What the directories say
Approachable, personable and highly proficient.
Chambers
Very clear understanding of both commercial and legal aspects of a transaction.
Straight-talking and willing to offer and explain alternatives and their risks.
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