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Burges Salmon LLP

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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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  • 'Richard Read is outstanding. Commercially minded, responsive and intellectually rigorous.'

Key clients

  • Darwin Alternative’s Leisure Property Fund
  • Aerium Group / Knight Frank Investment Management
  • LPPI Real Estate Group (Local Pensions Partnership Investments)
  • Aviva Investors, Lands Improvement Holdings, St Albans Diocese
  • The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
  • CSL (a JV between IV Real Estate and a family office)
  • West Ranga Property Group Limited
  • Larch Life No.1 (UK) LTD and Larch Boss LTD
  • Hodgetts Industrial
  • Zetland Capital
  • Octopus Investments
  • Gresham House Housing BSI LP and Rise Homes
  • Pandox
  • Farmcare Trading and The Wellcome Trust

Work highlights

  • Advising Darwin Alternative’s Leisure Property Fund on the refinancing of the Fund which invests in UK holiday parks.
  • Advising Aerium Group in relation to their UK-wide real estate portfolio.
  • Advising West Ranga on the sale and leaseback of a portfolio of five Cazoo sites across in the UK.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Clark

Other key lawyers

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