Mills & Reeve LLP has a real estate practice that has built up a strong national reputation across its office network, and it is frequently called upon to handle complex and high-profile projects. Head of real estate Richard Hanson focuses on disputes, but he oversees a strong bench of talent in the Cambridge office, which handles corporate real estate transactions, real estate investment deals, development projects, and landlord and tenant work. Real estate investment partner Charles Staveley, life sciences sector specialist Vincenzo Maggio, and development project advisers Michelle Cookson and Nick Finlayson-Brown are all at the top of their game. Principal associate Christopher Pike and newly promoted partner Tom Nash also stand out. Christine De Ferrars Green retired in May 2024.

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Key clients

Lendlease
Trinity College, Cambridge
Railpen
Marshall Group
St John’s College, Cambridge
Kadans Science Partner
Peterhouse, Cambridge
The Howard Group
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Wellcome Trust
Urban & Civic Group

Work highlights

Advising Marshall Group on all matters relating to its strategy for, and delivery of, the development of 900 acres of land to the East of Cambridge including Cambridge Airport, Cambridge East, Marleigh and Cherry Hinton.
Advising Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on its significant stake in the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Europe’s largest Biomedical Campus including, 1000 Discovery Drive (a new 103,000 ft2, 5 storey laboratory and office building for multi-let occupancy) and the proposed new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital and Cambridge Children’s Hospital.
Advised Orchard Street Investment Management on acquisition of Euroway Trade Park, a multi-let industrial estate in Aylesford - the first deal made on behalf of its flagship Impact Fund, which targets value-add real estate investment opportunities with the potential to generate a measurable social and environmental impact, via the decarbonisation of buildings, investing in local communities, and improving the health and wellbeing of building users and the local population.

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