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Real estate

Providing market-leading legal services to the real estate industry, across all main asset classes, including offices, industrial, retail, hotels and hospitality, transport and infrastructure and mixed-use schemes.

We provide transactional, advisory and dispute resolution expertise to investors, developers, occupiers, private clients, public sector bodies and conservation organisations. We work on high-profile investment and development projects and international cross-border work. Our work with clients covers all aspect of the real estate lifecycle, from strategic land to investment, development, finance, asset management and occupier representation.

With lawyers qualified in all three UK legal jurisdictions – England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – we are recognised for our strategic and practical advice on developing, investing in, financing and occupying UK property.

Uniquely, we represent The Crown Estate in the administration of freehold property which becomes subject to reversion to the Monarch in right of the Crown under the common law prerogative of escheat.

We advise on:

  • Structured real estate transactions and M&A
  • Property holding structures and joint ventures
  • Strategic land acquisition and promotion advice
  • Buying and selling land, including option and future profit-sharing arrangements
  • All aspects of landlord and tenant work including property dispute resolution
  • Real estate portfolio management
  • Lending secured on real estate assets
  • Assisting with recoveries for lenders when borrowers default
  • Enabling regeneration schemes
  • Buying and selling high-value residential property for investment or owner occupation

Our expertise

Escheat

Our escheat lawyers offer specialist knowledge and unrivalled experience of bona vacantia and escheat law.

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Residential conveyancing

Offering high-quality, bespoke real estate legal advice to offshore and UK private clients looking to acquire, sell or invest in residential property.

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Strategic land and rural development

Our strategic land practice specialises in advising private, commercial and institutional landowners on the promotion and disposal of land and is expert in maximising value from development for landowners.

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Real estate finance

Bringing specialist advice on real estate finance across various asset classes.

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Examples of our work

Core participant

Advising on the procurement of a development partner for a transport orientated mixed-use, employment-led regeneration in Belfast City centre – creating a new neighbourhood called Weavers Cross.

HyNet

Advising on one of the UK’s first large-scale low-carbon hydrogen plants, which is key to delivery of the HyNet decarbonisation cluster in North West England and North East Wales.

Tritax Big Box REIT

Advising the largest listed investor in high-quality logistics warehouse assets in the UK on the real estate aspects of its £5 billion portfolio.

Family trusts (north west Cardiff)

Acted for two family trusts in granting a hybrid agreement for land in north west Cardiff, now allocated for 7,000 homes. Negotiated a landowners’ agreement with a third landowner involved in the development.

US Bank

Advised on the £365 million development financing of the new Manchester Arena.

Agricultural land transactions

Facilitating seamless transactions of farms, country estates and rural property portfolios, including farming businesses.

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What others say

“Burges Salmon's experienced lead partners are supported by strong real estate associates. The team is attentive and available.”

Chambers UK 2025

“Legal sophistication with local knowledge and connections.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“Great team; well organised, strong communicators and a pleasure to work with.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

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Scottish real estate

Our Scottish Real Estate team offers high-quality commercial advice and support to a wide range of clients across a variety of sectors. The team provides expert advice to investors, developers and businesses on prime commercial real estate assets in Scotland.

We have longstanding relationships with a number of debt funders in the UK and overseas, enabling us to support our clients with debt financing matters in Scotland, either as standalone assets or as part of a cross-border portfolio.

Our team also assists a wide range of developers, investors and funders on energy and infrastructure projects across a breadth of technologies.

Many of our Scottish real estate lawyers are dual-qualified allowing clients to take advice on their UK-wide portfolios from a single point of contact.

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Northern Irish real estate

Our Northern Irish Real Estate team is the largest and most experienced team of its kind headquartered in England. We offer high-quality commercial advice and support to a wide range of clients across a variety of sectors.

Our Northern Irish real estate lawyers provide expert advice to investors, developers and funders in relation to commercial real estate assets in Northern Ireland, either as standalone assets or as part of a cross-border portfolio.

Our team also assists a wide range of developers, investors and funders in relation to energy projects across a wide range of technologies and on regeneration and infrastructure schemes.

Our Northern Irish real estate lawyers are dual-qualified allowing clients to take advice on their UK-wide portfolios from a single point of contact.

picture of a close up of a wooden building with external staircasepicture of a modern housing development with a field and pond in the foreground

Scottish real estate

Our Scottish Real Estate team offers high-quality commercial advice and support to a wide range of clients across a variety of sectors. The team provides expert advice to investors, developers and businesses on prime commercial real estate assets in Scotland.

We have longstanding relationships with a number of debt funders in the UK and overseas, enabling us to support our clients with debt financing matters in Scotland, either as standalone assets or as part of a cross-border portfolio.

Our team also assists a wide range of developers, investors and funders on energy and infrastructure projects across a breadth of technologies.

Many of our Scottish real estate lawyers are dual-qualified allowing clients to take advice on their UK-wide portfolios from a single point of contact.

Northern Irish real estate

Our Northern Irish Real Estate team is the largest and most experienced team of its kind headquartered in England. We offer high-quality commercial advice and support to a wide range of clients across a variety of sectors.

Our Northern Irish real estate lawyers provide expert advice to investors, developers and funders in relation to commercial real estate assets in Northern Ireland, either as standalone assets or as part of a cross-border portfolio.

Our team also assists a wide range of developers, investors and funders in relation to energy projects across a wide range of technologies and on regeneration and infrastructure schemes.

Our Northern Irish real estate lawyers are dual-qualified allowing clients to take advice on their UK-wide portfolios from a single point of contact.