Real Estate Litigation
UK Guide 2025 : London (Firms)
Band 2
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(020) 7203 5000About
Provided by Charles Russell Speechlys
Our Real Estate sector is central to Charles Russell Speechlys. Our key focus areas are:
Private Wealth: We work alongside our Private Wealth team to guide and provide advice on our clients’ real estate transactions, particularly where they are not familiar with UK practices. We also advise a large number of international clients investing in the UK.
Corporate Real Estate: We act for well-known and niche institutional developers, investors, property companies and urban estates. The scale of our resource means we have the ability to service their small as well as their most significant transactions. Our dedicated tenant team support commercial occupiers in their acquisition of offices.
Regeneration: Our regeneration practice leads the contractual elements of some of the largest and most complex mixed use schemes in the country. We have particular expertise on Joint Venture and Partnership arrangements of all types.
Sports/Leisure/Retail/Food & Beverage: We act for well-known national and international occupiers in these sectors, working in specialist groups to provide our clients with every aspect of legal advice required.
Planning: Our planning team provides advice on planning and infrastructure agreements, large scale planning inquiries, enforcement disputes and court proceedings, together with strategic advice to clients on large scale developments and on the use of compulsory purchase, and other public law powers.
Chambers Review
Charles Russell Speechlys fields a robust team of solicitors handling a broad range of property litigation. The team routinely advises portfolio companies, investors and developers on development, dilapidations and leasing disputes, while also offering specialist knowledge of leasehold enfranchisement cases. The firm is additionally sought after for its experience in the telecommunications sector and expertise regarding the Electronic Communications Code.
Work Highlights
- Charles Russell Speechlys advised The Dulwich Estate on their plans to undertake lift refurbishment works in six blocks of flats. The team assisted the client in finding the appropriate apportionment of the service charge costs between the leaseholders.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Charles Russell team is highly responsive, very commercially-minded and able to recourse appropriately."
"The Charles Russell team are technically strong and provide good client service. The team has a really strong ethos."
"Charles Russell Speechlys are a very commercial team with good experience in the field."
"The Charles Russell team is highly responsive, very commercially-minded and able to recourse appropriately."
"The Charles Russell team are technically strong and provide good client service. The team has a really strong ethos."
"Charles Russell Speechlys are a very commercial team with good experience in the field."
Notable Practitioners
Emma Humphreys is noted for her expertise in telecommunications litigation. She handles an impressive range of issues such as dilapidations claims, service charge disputes and landlord and tenant matters.
"Emma is an intelligent, straight talking lawyer with bundles of experience who strives to achieve her clients' objectives."
James Souter is experienced in a broad range of contentious real estate matters such as lease renewals, rent reviews and rights to light disputes.
"James is very well-known in the space and regularly handles complex and groundbreaking cases."