Headquartered in Bristol, Burges Salmon LLP routinely works across the residential, retail, and office space sectors. Joining the firm from Maples Teesdale LLP in April 2023, Rohan Campbell, ‘an excellent facilitator, finance partner, and very experienced’, serves as practice head. Paul Browne specialises in lender-side mandates, working on facility agreements across various assets. Other key figures include Richard Leeming , who has strong experience in build-to-rent, hospitality, and retail assets.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Having worked with Burges Salmon over many years, we know the real estate team driven by Christopher Herford and Richard Leeming are one of the best in the field. We've had great support in a recent transaction requiring bespoke financing on a complex project, but they helped facilitate a successful execution for us.’

  • ‘I would certainly recommend the experience and skill set we drew from Christopher Herford and Richard Leeming. They've always been personable with us, but especially helped unlock barriers on this financing transaction. ’

  • ‘Rohan Campbell is an excellent facilitator, finance partner, and very experienced.’

  • ‘The team in Bristol are very much familiar with, and close to, the London REF market and seem to work with increasingly dominant clients in the industry.’

  • ‘Katie Allen is a very calm counterparty; she is pragmatic and focussed on getting the deal done.’

Key clients

  • Nord LB
  • Zorin Finance
  • HSBC UK Bank plc
  • Leumi UK Group Limited
  • Coutts & Company
  • Tristan Capital
  • Lloyds Bank plc
  • Pluto Finance
  • abrdn Investment Management Limited
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Puma Property Finance

Work highlights

  • Acted for Luxembourg borrower on the renegotiation of a £160,000,000 loan facility for the development of a portfolio of logistics assets.
  • Acted for five care homeowners on a £35,928,000 financing by Clydesdale Bank plc (trading as Virgin Money) to refinance the acquisition of five state of the art care homes.
  • Advised Luxembourg borrower on the renegotiation of a £34,815,000 loan facility for the development of a portfolio of logistics assets.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rohan Campbell

Other key lawyers

Paul Browne, Katie Allen, Richard Leeming, Christopher Herford