Real Estate: £10 million and above
UK Guide 2025 : Thames Valley
Band 2
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
01865 722106About
Provided by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Penningtons Manches’ real estate practice combines strength and breadth with over 80 partners, consultants and associates across the firm offering focused, practical and high quality advice on all stages and types of real estate transactions.
We are experienced in dealing with investment sales and purchases, funding agreements, development schemes, portfolio management, structuring and joint ventures, distressed debt acquisition, landlord & tenant matters and enfranchisement as well as smaller commercial property work. Specialist planning, environmental, taxation and disputes expertise is also provided.
Our wide client base ranges from property entrepreneurs, based in the UK and internationally, to property companies, contractors, banks, institutional investors and corporates with surplus properties. We also deliver expert guidance to the social housing sector, health and care providers, mixed use developers, retailers and tenants, educational establishments and student accommodation providers.
Our lawyers blend expertise and efficiency with a thorough understanding of your needs to provide you with the right specialist skills, realistic costs and appropriate timescales throughout the acquisition, development, sale and management of an individual property or substantial portfolio.
Chambers Review
The Oxford real estate department at Penningtons Manches Cooper offers knowledge in a vast array of areas, including sizeable development and infrastructure projects for high-profile clients in the rail and energy sectors. It also advises a number of corporates on their property requirements. Retail, leisure and education groups also feature in the team's client list. The firm is able to advise on the environmental and planning aspects of real estate transactions.
Work Highlights
- Penningtons Manches Cooper assisted Frontier Estates with the acquisition, development, pre-letting and forward funding of a care home in Oxfordshire.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has first-class knowledge and the ability to be commercial and strategic."
"Penningtons Manches Cooper gives us high-quality guidance."
"Penningtons Manches Cooper are always very responsive and their service is second to none."
"The team's commitment to providing timely and effective legal support is truly commendable."
"The firm has first-class knowledge and the ability to be commercial and strategic."
"Penningtons Manches Cooper gives us high-quality guidance."
"Penningtons Manches Cooper are always very responsive and their service is second to none."
"The team's commitment to providing timely and effective legal support is truly commendable."
Notable Practitioners
Simon Knott has considerable development expertise, including transactions relating to retail, industrial and mixed-use schemes.
"Simon Knott is an incredibly personable, friendly, knowledgeable and commercially astute solicitor."
Laura is a senior associate at Penningtons Manches Cooper. She regularly acts on transactional work involved with housing, commercial and care home developments, overage and land options and promotion agreements.
"Laura is reliable, knowledgeable and diligent."
"Laura is a great all-round real estate lawyer."
"She's very responsive and easy to work with. Her legal advice is always excellent, balanced with a strong commercial understanding of what's important to us."