Contact Us ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY LOCATIONS CAREERS INVESTORS CLIENT LOGIN GL Home Sectors Real Estate Real Estate The strength of our global real estate team lies in our ability to see the bigger picture and advise on all aspects of the built environment. Our highly experienced specialists have a wealth of real estate knowledge and expertise to help you navigate this vibrant and complex market. Understanding the Real Estate sector We work with a diverse range of clients, including: Investors Fund and property managers Owners Occupiers and developers Lenders Public sector organisations Banks Insurance companies Pension and sovereign wealth funds Our aims are: to provide innovative legal solutions designed to help deliver value, to create cost efficiencies, and to minimise risk and maintain a competitive edge. Our Real Estate team deliver industry knowledge and expertise Our global real estate team enables us to bring together leading experts with intrinsic local knowledge and sector-specific experience. Best-known for being commercially astute and delivering hard to get results, the team has been involved in some of the largest and most complex real estate deals in recent years, for both the public and private sectors. With dedicated teams advising on all asset classes, our sector offering includes: Asset management Commercial occupiers Development Housing Investment and funds Planning Real estate finance Real estate litigation Real estate tax and corporate Latest reports and downloads The future for Britain's high streets What are the key challenges and how can town centres flourish in the future? UNDERSTANDING THE MARKET Latest insights INSIGHTS It's not you it's MEES: Commercial property landlords are you ready for 1 April 2023? 23 NOV 2021 Currently, the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (MEES) prevent landlords from granting a new tenancy of sub-standard commercial property i.e. property that has an EPC rating of F or G. INSIGHTS Environment Act 2021 and new biodiversity considerations for developers 19 NOV 2021 With COP26 filling the news headlines it would seem fitting that the Environment Bill, designed to drive a huge change in the protection and enhancement of our own natural resources, has finally achieved Royal Assent. The Act came into force on 9th November. For developers, one of the biggest changes will be the need to more widely consider biodiversity when making planning or development consent applications. INSIGHTS The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill – unwinding commercial rent arrears 15 NOV 2021 At the height of the Covid crisis in 2020 the government passed a raft of legislation containing wide reaching provisions protecting commercial tenants from eviction for non-payment of rent and preventing landlords from exercising other remedies against defaulting tenants. These protections have been extended throughout the crisis and will finally come to an end on 22 March 2022. VIEW MORE PEOPLE Key Contact Melanie Williams Partner // Head of Real Estate Sector // Head of Hospitality Group United Kingdom Pierre-Nicolas Sanzey Partner France VIEW ALL PROFESSIONALS SHARE PAGE ACCESSIBILITY COOKIE POLICY COVID 19 RESPONSE PRIVACY NOTICE LEGAL NOTICES MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT TERMS OF USE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP © 2021 DWF. All rights reserved. For information about the DWF group, please see our Legal Notices. We place cookies on your device in order to operate this site, enhance your user experience and improve our services. Some cookies are necessary for the site to work, while others help us manage and improve the site and the services we offer you. If you are happy to opt-in to our use of cookies, just click "Accept all cookies". For details, see the DWF Cookie Notice. Necessary cookies only Accept all cookies Review our use of cookies and set your preferences