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Department overview

Travers Smith's real estate team has the expertise to advise seamlessly on the full life-cycle of any real estate project. A range of high-calibre and high-profile corporate clients rely on the team’s knowledge and experience regarding investment into a wide range of real estate asset classes such as operational real estate (including senior living and healthcare), retail, offices, multi-family schemes, infrastructure and hotels. The team's clients also come to them when they decide to move headquarters and need considered, thoughtful and responsive advice on the negotiation of their new leases.

For international mandates the team call on it's carefully cultivated relationships with leading independent law firms around the world to provide a first-class service for their clients wherever it is needed.

Working closely with real estate specialists within the finance, corporate M&A, funds, operational risk, pensions and tax teams, Travers Smith's real estate department regularly advises on all aspects of real estate including:

  • asset management
  • real estate tax
  • buying, selling and leasing property
  • construction and engineering
  • development and investment financing
  • development schemes
  • commonhold and leasehold reform
  • environmental issues
  • insolvency and CVAs
  • investment fund structures
  • joint ventures
  • real estate investment
  • planning
  • property disputes
  • corporate occupiers
  • alternative assets

Chambers Review

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Real Estate: £50-150 million - London (Firms)

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Travers Smith has a robust real estate team with extensive capabilities in representing real estate funds and private equity clients in sales and acquisition work. It also provides expertise in transactional matters involving healthcare facilities, universities and retirement homes. Other areas of focus for the team include logistics and retail as well as advising on mixed-use and other development projects.

Work Highlights

  • Travers Smith advised Lothbury on the sale of the retail and residential units at 25-31 James Street, Covent Garden to Shaftesbury Capital.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Emma Pereira
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Band 4

Emma Pereira is head of Travers Smith's real estate team. She is sought after for her advice regarding commercial property transactions, joint ventures and acquisitions.

Emma is a thoughtful lawyer. She takes the time to think about advice and is calm and patient in delivering it. She has a good style and approach.

Emma is very helpful and good to work with.

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London (Firms)

Real Estate: £50-150 million

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Emma Pereira
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Band 4

Members

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Alex Millar

Gareth Wynne

Sarah Walker

Clients

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British Steel Pension Trustees

CareTrust REIT

Clearbell

Curation Capital

Greystar

Hamberley Care

Lothbury

MARK

McCarthy Stone

Patron Capital

PineBridge Benson Elliot

PwC

University of Oxford

Industries

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Data Centres

Healthcare

Logistics

Senior Living

Student Accommodation