
Real Estate
UK Guide 2026 : South West
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About
Provided by Burges Salmon LLP
Our award-winning Real Estate team offers a comprehensive range of real estate legal services across commercial and residential real estate.
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, we are recognised for our strategic and practical advice on developing, investing in, financing and occupying UK property.
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
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Work Highlights
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Burges Salmon advised Border to Coast Pensions Partnership on the launch of its £1.2 billon UK real estate fund. The fund's portfolio comprises 65 assets, including office, retail, care home, student accommodation, industrial and warehouse space across 26 UK counties.
Strengths
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The firm showed attention to detail and was very consistent.
Real Estate respondentUK
Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 
Band 1 
Richard Clark
Richard Clark acts on disposals, redevelopments and lettings for a broad range of clients including public bodies, retailers and international and domestic developers.
We received excellent advice from Richard.
Real Estate respondentUK
Band 1 
Band 1 
Ross Polkinghorne
Ross Polkinghorne is a respected property lawyer in Burges Salmon's Bristol real estate development team. He frequently advises on major redevelopment and regeneration projects in the region. Ross Polkinghorne is a very strong lawyer.
Real Estate respondentUK
Band 4 
Band 4 
Philip Beer
Philip Beer advises on large-scale redevelopment projects, mixed-use development schemes, real estate transactions and procurement matters. He has experience in brownfield and greenfield issues, and has acted in matters involving complex remediation and decommissioning.
Band 4 
Band 4 
Richard Read
Richard Read heads the real estate investment and asset management team at Burges Salmon. His work includes portfolio acquisitions, disposals and refinancings as well as significant corporate occupier work.
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Philip Beer
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Ross Polkinghorne
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Richard Clark
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