In the latest episode of Real Estate Rundown, Andrew Jones, Partner in our Real Estate team and guest Anne Shaw, Executive Director at Transport for West Midlands discuss the dynamic link between transport and real estate growth.

Our commercial lawyers are specialists with a wealth of varied industry and sector experience, gained both in private practice and in industry.

We recognise that for many businesses, acquiring a commercial premises is inevitably one of their largest investments. It is therefore imperative that a commercial lease is negotiated with the appropriate legal advice.

We recognise the importance of ensuring you have robust security in place when granting a commercial lease to a tenant. In this article, we will focus on three possible types of security for your commercial lease.

In this episode we explore the essential strategies and insights you need when raising money on commercial properties.

As the UK commercial property landscape continues to evolve, businesses—particularly in the retail and office sectors—are increasingly seeking legal advice to renegotiate their leases.

While there are numerous points to consider when negotiating a commercial lease, here are five key points to consider from both a landlord and a tenant perspective.

The Government has now published the long-awaited Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill which contains details of the proposed arbitration scheme intended to deal with unpaid rent arrears accrued during the pandemic.

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (“LTA”) is not a new piece of legislation. It grants commercial tenants statutory rights, giving them the right to renew their lease on substantially the same terms if they remain in occupation at the end of the term.

At our real estate conference in January 2025, David Slade outlined the main legal changes affecting the property market in 2024. Here, we explain those changes in some detail, from initiatives to regenerate the high street, to rises to SDLT rates, and from the Law Commission consultation on the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 to the impact of biodiversity net gain requirements.