Working in tandem with construction and financing specialists, Hamlins LLP offers a full-service real estate offering. The team advises on structuring and lending matters, and boasts particular expertise in the retail and leisure sectors. Mark Hurst leads the team, handling acquisitions, sales, and refinancings of large portfolios. Joseph Holder boasts an established residential investment practice, while John Leasure advises an impressive list of commercial property investors and developers.

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  • ‘Intelligent. Reliable.’

Key clients

  • Burhill Group
  • The Light
  • William Pears Group
  • Structadene Group
  • Powerleague
  • Palace Capital PLC
  • National Car Parks Limited (NCP)
  • Leon Restaurants
  • Pizza Pilgrims Limited
  • Rosa’s Thai
  • Lightstone Properties
  • Pizza Union
  • Watson’s Property

Work highlights

  • Acted for Palace Capital on an industrial 312k sq ft portfolio sale valued at £34m, comprising six industrial sites across the UK.
  • Acting for the William Pears Group on the purchase of industrial sites at a number of UK locations, with a combined value of £49m.
  • Acted for Palace Capital on the corporate sale of the 70,000ft prestigious 5-storey mixed-use building, One Derby Square, in Liverpool.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mark Hurst

Other key lawyers

Joseph Holder, John Leasure, Ben Kilshaw, Victoria Camfield, Hana Ghale