Team

Herbert Smith Freehills’ UK real estate development team are the lawyers of choice for many of the world’s leading developers, investors, funders, private equity houses, occupiers and corporates.  Our trademark is to combine in depth commercial knowledge of the real estate industry with coordinated property, planning, corporate, tax, construction, environment and litigation expertise to help our clients mitigate risk, augment returns and achieve their commercial goals.

This blog focuses mainly on updates related to real estate development.  We have extensive experience in the field of real estate development law and have advised on many of the most high profile and complex property developments in the UK. Our clients include landowners, property developers, government departments and agencies, local authorities, charities, financial institutions, and energy and infrastructure promoters.

Our team is an experienced full service team, with expertise covering all stages in the real estate development process.

Key contacts

Planning

Matthew White

Partner and Head of UK planning practice, London
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+44 20 7466 2461

Catherine Howard

Partner, planning, London
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+44 20 7466 2858

Fiona Sawyer

Professional support lawyer, planning, London
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+44 20 7466 2674

General real estate

Richard Forsdyke

Partner and Head of UK Real Estate Development, London
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+44 20 7466 2856

Jeremy Walden

Partner and Head of real estate practice (UK and EMEA), London
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+44 20 7466 2198

Donald Rowlands

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2287

Ian Cox

Managing partner UK and US, Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2043

Shelagh McKibbin

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2304

Julian Pollock

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2682

Nick Turner

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2640

David Rosen

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2648

Alice Dockar

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2636

Michelle Howie

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2104

Shona Grey

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2094

William Turnbull

Partner, real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2497

Construction and engineering

Tim Healey

Partner, construction and engineering, London
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+44 20 7466 2356

Nicholas Downing

Partner and Joint head of construction and engineering practice, London
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+44 20 7466 2741

Real estate dispute resolution

Matthew Bonye

Partner and Head of real estate dispute resolution, London
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+44 20 7466 2162

Environment

Julie Vaughan

Senior associate, environment, London
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+44 20 7466 2745

Tax

Neil Warriner

Partner, real estate tax, London
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+44 20 7466 2330

William Arrenberg

Partner, real estate tax, London
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+44 20 7466 2574

Real estate finance

Gary Hommel

Partner, Head of finance, London
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+44 20 7466 2123

Simon Chadney

Partner, finance, London
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+44 20 7466 2993

Robert Carr

Partner, finance, London
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+44 20 7466 2110

Corporate real estate

Paul Chases

Partner and Head of corporate real estate, London
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+44 20 7466 2386