Real Estate: £50-150 million
UK Guide 2025 : London (Firms)
Band 3
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Provided by Lewis Silkin
Real Estate
Real estate is about making property work for you, whether it is your core business, or ancillary to it.
That may mean securing the right sites for a retail or leisure brand roll-out, expanding or refitting office space at just the right time to increase business capacity, getting the right structure in place for a mixed use public/private development, or building an investment portfolio. All of these require commercially oriented and pragmatic legal expertise delivered in a straightforward, accessible way.
Lewis Silkin Real Estate
Our real estate group combines real depth of knowledge with breadth of scope and capability. We have a particular focus on corporate occupiers, development and regeneration, investment, and property finance, with our work ranging from transactional support to providing specialist advice covering planning, construction, dispute resolution and tax.
We advise lenders and investors; private developers, major corporates and public bodies; as well as both landlords and tenants, giving us a wide-ranging perspective. Regardless of their business type or sector, our clients come back to us time and again, demonstrating the trust they place in us to help them to address their property-related challenges.
Chambers Review
Lewis Silkin has a solid real estate practice with clients ranging from high net worth individuals and family offices to luxury brand retailers and leisure sector developers. The team is well placed to advise on matters of real estate investment and all aspects of managing substantial property portfolios. It also has considerable commercial development expertise, including notable activity working with developers from China.
Work Highlights
- Lewis Silkin advised IPG Health Medical Communications on its exit from premises in Oxford by way of a break clause.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lewis Silkin is always strong. When complex issues are identified they come up with good solutions."
"Lewis Silkin has been adept at managing a variety of complicated matters for us and reverting in an eloquent manner that makes the information supplied easy to understand."
"All matters that Lewis Silkin has handled have been dealt with effectively and efficiently."
"They are extremely knowledgeable about property matters, are extremely practical and can simplify the complex for the layman. They also work well under time pressure."
"The team is highly commercially astute. When our commercial position changed at the eleventh hour, they understood why and pivoted. Changes were never a blocker and they still got the deal done."
"Lewis Silkin is always strong. When complex issues are identified they come up with good solutions."
"Lewis Silkin has been adept at managing a variety of complicated matters for us and reverting in an eloquent manner that makes the information supplied easy to understand."
"All matters that Lewis Silkin has handled have been dealt with effectively and efficiently."
"They are extremely knowledgeable about property matters, are extremely practical and can simplify the complex for the layman. They also work well under time pressure."
"The team is highly commercially astute. When our commercial position changed at the eleventh hour, they understood why and pivoted. Changes were never a blocker and they still got the deal done."
Notable Practitioners
Rachel Francis-Lang of Lewis Silkin focuses her practice on commercial property, with particular expertise in office leasing and relocations for corporate occupiers.
"Rachel's knowledge and expertise on all property lease matters across our entire UK portfolio provides confidence and an assurance that we are always obtaining the best possible legal advice."
"Rachel is a highly skilled lawyer. She can distil complex concepts into a clear, understandable message both for in-house lawyers and for the business directly."
"Rachel is excellent. I would recommend her without hesitation to anyone who wants a highly professional, knowledgeable, responsive and personable real estate solicitor."