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Acquisitions and disposals

Our Real Estate team are experts in acquisitions and disposals of all types of property.

A thorough understanding and knowledge of the legal issues related to the buying and selling of commercial property ensures we are able to offer legal support through all stages of a transaction. We provide advice which is practical and commercial and which, in the case of acquisitions, is relevant to the client’s future proposals for the property.

We have expertise in the acquisition and disposal of a full range of property types including office premises, industrial parks, retail units and land or properties for social housing, as well as specialist properties including former school sites, open space and church land.

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Key Contacts

Jo Pickering

Partner, Head of Real Estate and Regeneration

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Work highlights

  • Acting for Worcester City Council on strategic acquisitions of Town Centre properties under the Future High Streets Fund.
  • Acting for a London local authority on the multi-million-pound disposal of a large industrial estate.
  • Acting for West London Waste Authority in connection with its freehold acquisition of two key strategic waste sites in West London from Network Rail for a combined purchase price in excess of £40 million.
  • Acting for Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames in their investment acquisition of Kingsmill Business Park, comprising 20 commercial units with a passing rent of over £1 million per annum.
  • Acting for London Borough of Camden in the disposal of its Town Hall annexe building to a major hotel group for a purchase price in excess of £60 million.
  • Acting for London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority in the disposal, subject to planning, of its former Southwark Bridge fire station.
  • Acting for a District Council in the north of England on its investment acquisition of a retail park.

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