Real estate

Our team offers comprehensive real estate expertise for owners and occupiers of business space as well as clients investing in, developing or financing real estate. We take time to understand our clients’ needs and offer them innovative and commercially focussed advice and support.

Our clients rely on us for advice on everything from buying, selling, financing, leasing and managing real estate through to the structuring and establishment of joint ventures and co-investment vehicles, including the launch of new property funds. By collaborating with our clients and ensuring that we have a deep understanding of the needs of their business we can play a pro-active role in delivering on their objectives.

We regularly advise on corporate headquarter deals, portfolio management and reorganisations and commercial leasing issues. We also work with many international companies and lawyers on the real estate aspects of inward investment and UK business start-ups. Our clients range from multinational businesses, global retail brands and institutions with heritage properties through to technology companies requiring bespoke buildings with specialist fit out requirements and start-up enterprises taking their first commercial space.

We work closely with our colleagues in Bristows' highly regarded corporate, tax and employment groups and are able to offer our clients an integrated multi-disciplinary service that meets the full range of their real estate needs.

Experience

What others say

“Bristows is always very well-resourced and responsive, allowing it to offer a great service to clients. It is incredibly thorough and goes to great lengths in negotiations to get the best deal possible for its clients. Its market knowledge and technical capability are top-notch. The whole team is so friendly and helpful.”

Legal 500 2027

“Puts technical issues into a language that our small team of non-property experts can appreciate. Available at short notice and provides thorough answers, specific to our issue, which enables our own process chain to function efficiently.”

Legal 500 2027

“Bristows offer a personalised service, are very responsive and have always been able to deal with issues arising. I have always found them to be professional and attentive.”

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

“The team at Bristows are very commercial and look to find solutions for clients quickly. They are open to problem solving and understand the real estate market very well.”

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

“Bristows apply their detailed legal knowledge in a clear, concise way coupled with commercial advice. The service they provide is already first class and absolutely solid at all levels.”

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

“The team has been in place for many years, and the continuity that it provides is immeasurably valuable. I am rarely presented with a problem without a suggested solution, which comes from a long history of working with the same team.”

Legal 500 2026

Recent rankings and awards

Commercial property: corporate occupiers

Commercial Contracts

Real Estate: £10-50 million

Commercial property: Corporate occupiers - Tier 2

Commercial Contracts - Tier 2

Real Estate: £10-50 million

Real Estate - Tier 2

Key contacts

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Tim Allen
Partner – Real estate
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Suzanne Hooks
Of Counsel – Real estate