Real Estate

Key Services

Investment

Acting for a wide range of institutional investors, including several pension funds, German Open Ended Funds, SIPPS and private investors.  Acquisitions and sales, management and lettings of a wide array of investment properties in Scotland, ranging from shopping centres and landmark office buildings to business parks and high street shops. 

Office & Retail

Acting for a range of office and retail tenants, owners and operators ranging from national operators with large property portfolios to individual shop owners and tenants.  

Advising on acquisitions, disposals, lettings, funding and property management. 

 Development

Acting for a variety of commercial and residential developers in relation to acquisition, letting and disposal of development sites.

Advising on site assembly, funding, construction issues and the preparation of appropriate documentation.

Public Sector

Representing a number of public sector bodies ranging from the government and its department and agencies to local authorities.

Utilities

Representing a number of national utility providers, including telecoms operators, wind farm operators and coal mining operators. 

Advising on site acquisition, development, reinstatement and disposal, and on the creation of servitudes and way leaves and the exercise of compulsory powers. 

Leisure

Considerable experience of all aspects of the licensing and leisure industries.  Clients range from FTSE 100 listed companies to owner operated businesses and include hoteliers, publicans, restaurateurs and book makers.

Advising on all aspects of acquisitions and disposals, lettings, funding and portfolio management. 

Property Finance

Acting for both borrowers and lenders in a wide range of transactions which require secured funding.

Experience of cross border transactions and providing a bridge between us and the other lawyers involved in dual jurisdiction transactions.

Telecoms

Extensive experience in advising on telecoms leases and site-sharing in both Scotland and England

Energy

Advising on renewable energy projects and wind farms schemes..

Minerals

Wealth of experience in relation to acting for mining operators including putting in place the often complex agreements with landowners to deal with access to and extraction on minerals and restoration of the site.