Geared for infrastructure development projects in the capital, Burges Salmon LLP operates across Bristol and London, and has been praised for its ‘great strength in depth’. The practice also handles landlord and tenant work, including disposal and exit strategies, in addition to headquarter moves. Richard Read is sought out by domestic and international investors and occupiers, while Richard Clark advises investment funds clients operating in the industrial and retail, logistics and office arenas. Matt Sims handles business headquarter moves and Will Hall is primarily engaged in corporate occupier and investment mandates, pertaining to the industrial sector. Amy Simpson, Philip Beer and Jessica Garner are noted for their expertise in major regeneration and redevelopment projects, while Ross Polkinghorne was recently promoted to the head of the built environment practice. Gary Soloman oversees the firm’s planning and compulsory purchase team, and Robert Forman represents a plethora of private clients in the rural property sector.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘They have great strength in depth, with a true partner-led service.’
  • ‘A strong commercial approach to dealing with legal issues.’

Key clients

  • Virgin Group/ Virgin Management Limited
  • Beauty Pie
  • St. James’s Place Wealth Management (SJP)
  • HMRC
  • The Financial Conduct Authority
  • Ordnance Survey
  • Alpha Group
  • UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
  • Pure Electric
  • Robuchon Restaurants

Work highlights

  • Advising Virgin Management Limited on their London HQ move and office consolidation project.
  • Advising Beauty Pie on its acquisition of a new HQ office space at Colegrave House, 70 Berners Street. London.
  • Advised the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its London HQ and its Leeds and Edinburgh offices.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Burges Salmon LLP
Head of Burges Salmon's cross-departmental Real Estate Sector Group, having led the firm's Real Estate department for five years between 2009 and 2014. Richard advises investors, developers and occupiers with a particular focus on the office, industrial and logistics, and retail sectors, leading teams undertaking portfolio asset management work and acting on major transactional property investment acquisitions and disposals. Richard also specialises in major mixed use and residential led development and regeneration projects.
Burges Salmon LLP
Rick is ranked as a leading individual in London for corporate occupier representation. He acts for international and UK clients on their UK real estate requirements. He has extensive experience in acting for global corporates, international investment and sovereign wealth funds, investment companies and ultra-high net worth individuals. His expertise covers a number of asset classes from City offices to portfolio management and hotel and leisure investment, financing and development. Rick heads of the firm’s Hotels and Leisure practice group and sits on the firms Executive and International Committees.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Read: Richard Clark

Other key lawyers

Amy Simpson, Philip Beer, Jessica Chesterfield, Ross Polkinghorne, Gary Soloman, Robert Forman, Matt Sims