ABOUT US SERVICES PEOPLE INSIGHTS CAREERS CONTACT CLIENT LOGIN SPECIALISMS OFFSHORE AND INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE TAX REAL ESTATE FINANCE PRIVATE INVESTMENT OFFICES NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP Click here to join. REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT Our Investment Team has a wealth of experience in acting on every aspect of investment activity including the purchase, ownership, management, rental and sale of commercial real estate. We take the time to get to know our client’s business. We are renowned for our commerciality and pragmatism. We ensure deals are structured in the most effective way so that clients can react quickly to seize opportunities. We are problem solvers and understand that clients need their lawyers to take a strategic proactive approach that takes into account and understands the underlying business objectives. On asset management we believe that it is of real benefit to our clients to provide a lawyer or a team that builds up experience of the asset over a period of time. This helps to develop an efficient close working relationship so that our clients are confident that their business needs will be met and the asset is protected. With support from banking, tax, planning, construction and real estate dispute specialists, we have the capability to act quickly and effectively on complex, high-value and time critical deals. Our clients are both UK-based and offshore and include listed companies, private companies, LLPs, family offices, individuals, trusts, funds, general partnerships and other investment vehicles. PRINCIPAL CONTACTS JUSTIN LEWIS-VIVAS ‐ Partner CLAIRE NELSON ‐ Partner SUZANNE GILL ‐ Partner DAVID JOHNSTON ‐ Partner WEBINAR COMMERCIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT UPDATES EVENT NEWS LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING The logistics sector has boomed in recent years, no more so than during the pandemic which has fast-tracked the shift from “bricks to clicks”. Real Estate partners David Roberts and… Read more → NEWS CAN TENANTS DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM? 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Paul Corren, Corporate Partner in our Business Advisory Team looks at WeWork’s recent experience and gives some useful advice for property entrepreneurs looking to exit… The recent revelation that WeWork’s… Read more → BULLETINS BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO. HOW TO GET IT RIGHT FIRST TIME A break clause in a commercial lease offers flexibility to the party with the benefit of the right to terminate. This can be either the landlord or the tenant, or… Read more → NEWS DEAR CLAIRE- AUTUMN 2019 DEAR CLAIRE Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q. I am the owner of a commercial office building. It is… Read more → NEWS INTRODUCING THE BCO GUIDE TO SPECIFICATION 2019 – BEST PRACTICE FOR OFFICES Following the launch of the BCO Guide to office Specification 2019 at the BCO Conference in Copenhagen and the introduction of the new, interactive digital platform, Wedlake Bell was delighted… Read more → NEWS TURNOVER RENTS – ARE THEY THE ANSWER TO THE HIGH STREET’S WOES? In a world where we are seeing an increasing number of company voluntary arrangements – arrangements that allow retailers to renegotiate rent and speed up shop closure plans – and… Read more → NEWS DEAR CLAIRE – SUMMER 2019 Perplexed by property law? Relax, Professional Support Lawyer Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: My company has taken a 10 year lease of newly constructed… Read more → Wedlake Bell LLP, which recently merged with fellow City firm Moon Beever, has a strong commercial property department which covers a range of specialisms including high-value investments, a front on which David Roberts is exceedingly active, leveraging his expertise in logistics and retail assets. The department is also reputed for its full-service development service, which has a focus on mixed-use, business park and heritage building schemes with Kim Lalli particularly busy in the residential project space. 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