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DAC Beachcroft provides a multi-disciplinary service to UK and overseas organisations whose property assets are at the heart of their business. With over 135 lawyers we have one of the UK's largest dedicated Real Estate practices. We are ranked in "The Lawyer's" top ten real estate lawyers. The team was in 2017 voted Real Estate Team of the Year, Manchester Legal Awards.
In the North West we practice in three main areas; residential, retail centres and commercial investment, for regional and national clients.
Residential: we operate from conception through to sale, with strategic land advice a particular area of expertise. We work for all 12 of the country's leading housebuilders on schemes that include: joint venture and the private rented sector.
Retail centres: our team delivers development and litigation, as well as customised, complex volume asset management across 13.8m sq ft of space in the country's largest shopping and leisure destinations. We act for private companies and local authorities.
Commercial investment: we work in all aspects of commercial property, including: funding, acquisition asset management and disposals.
Christopher Stanwell leads the Planning team, which is an integrated part of our Real Estate practice. Construction, litigation, tax and finance experts are also key elements of the comprehensive support available, supporting speed of execution and integrated communication.
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DAC Beachcroft assisted Starwood Capital Group Property Alliance Group with the restructuring of long leases for the development of a site, quoted at £210 million.
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The collective team manages our large complex property portfolio extremely well. They help us to complete transactions in a timely manner and manage our expectations.
The lawyers are proactive, professional and effective at taking the burden of transactions away from the client while keeping the client appropriately informed and involved.
The lawyers have solid analytical skills, combined with astute commercialism and a genuine understanding of constraints and opportunities.
The lawyers take complicated issues and communicate them in a way that people can understand even if you are not a lawyer, so their style of communication is excellent.
The law firm has a really solid team of real estate lawyers, all with different disciplines and expertise. It is a good mix of generalists and subject matter experts.
The collective team manages our large complex property portfolio extremely well. They help us to complete transactions in a timely manner and manage our expectations.
The lawyers are proactive, professional and effective at taking the burden of transactions away from the client while keeping the client appropriately informed and involved.
The lawyers have solid analytical skills, combined with astute commercialism and a genuine understanding of constraints and opportunities.
The lawyers take complicated issues and communicate them in a way that people can understand even if you are not a lawyer, so their style of communication is excellent.
The law firm has a really solid team of real estate lawyers, all with different disciplines and expertise. It is a good mix of generalists and subject matter experts.
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Alison Key is commercially astute and diligent in all matters. She is highly knowledgeable and able to give advice in a comprehensive but user-friendly manner.
I really trust her. It is a great working relationship.
Alison is very responsive to our changing needs, ensuring a high level of service.
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