Real Estate Investment

The real estate investment market is fast-paced and increasingly competitive. A successful real estate portfolio relies on commercially-driven advice from lawyers you can trust. Our dedicated Real Estate Investment team has the knowledge and experience to help you make the best return on your investment and achieve growth.

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Best known for working hard to get the deal done, the Real Estate Investment advisory team advises institutional funds, international investors, major multi-national and international corporations, as well as governments and public bodies.

We understand the changing dynamics that are influencing the real estate investment market, and the opportunities to redevelop and repurpose. The pressing need for real estate property investors to meet EGS targets is shaping the assets and regions most in demand and increasing competition

With our broad expertise and experience, we can ensure your real estate investment is ahead of the competition.

Our dedicated real estate investment lawyers advise across all asset classes, and have the depth and experience needed to manage single asset transactions and disposals, as well as large portfolio transactions.

We work with institutions, funds, developers and leading REITs, and have particular experience in establishing, acquiring and disposing of interests in UK and non-UK corporate partnership and unit trust vehicles for real estate investment, joint ventures, and fund raising.

Following acquisition, we know that effective asset management is fundamental to portfolio performance, maximising return and opportunities for growth. We work hand in hand with our dedicated Asset Management team to deliver market-leading strategy and advice, tailored to your specific needs.

Our real estate advisors also draw on expertise from across our construction, planning, tax, corporate and commercial teams, to ensure the right results are achieved for each transaction. We can help with:

Real estate investment
Real estate asset management

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“DWF excel in all areas and rarely do not solve a problem, great attention to detail and speed of response. Nice people to deal with, very real and speak plainly and which results in clarity and ease of decision making. Best firm I have worked with in my 38 years of working.”

Legal 500 UK, Commercial Property – Investment - 2021

“‘‘DWF provide sound commercial property advice with a commercial understanding of our business. DWF has created a core team to support our internal team, which helps foster strong working relationships."”

Legal 500 UK, Commercial Property, Investment 2021

Acting for LondonMetric Property PLC (previously LXi REIT PLC) for over 10 years, on investment, development and asset management matters across a large proportion of the FTSE 100 REIT’s c.£6.2bn of assets. Recent work includes acting on the disposal of a number of assets totalling c.£100m since LondonMetric’s merger with LXi (including a conference centre for circa £24m, BT and STV’s headquarters for circa £37m and disposals of various retail, car dealership and hotel assets). We also advised on the re-gear of 122 hotel leases, the sale of 66 hotels for £210m and portfolio refinancing for circa £773m. LondonMetric Property PLC

Advising AlTi Tiedemann Global (global private equity firm with AUM of $68b) on their Long Income Fund, including acquisitions, forward funding and asset management of over 2000 supported living and affordable housing assets. AlTi Tiedeman Global