DAC Beachcroft’s real estate practice is part of a wider international law firm, numbering 2,300 employees. The firm provides broad-based corporate and commercial legal services alongside market leading sector knowledge in insurance, healthcare and real estate.
For real estate, we provide a comprehensive range of advice at every stage of the development cycle, to UK and overseas organisations whose property assets are at the heart of their business. With over 170 lawyers we have one of the UK’s largest dedicated real estate practice and one of the largest national networks. In addition to our offices in Hardman Street in Manchester, we operate from Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, London, Newcastle, Newport and Winchester. Our breadth and depth means that our lawyers specialise in particular areas of the market:
- Our destination and communities team delivers development advice and customised, complex volume asset management solutions in high profile destination centres, including the 3 largest in the country and on smaller community and high street schemes
- The DAC Beachcroft residential team advises all 12 of the UK’s leading housebuilders and also to developers in specific areas – senior, student, BTR, care homes for example. We are active from inception to completion. Our strategic land team are some of the most experienced in the sector and advise on emerging garden villages for example. Our plot sales team works for several volume developers.
- Our commercial investment and development team advises institutional, international and private investors
- The integration of expert, in planning, construction, corporate finance and litigation for example, into the core transactional team is a particular point of difference that brings efficiency in communication and execution.
Add in our extensive knowledge of hotel and leisure developments and the team is exceptionally well placed to bring together all this expertise in support of the many mixed use projects emerging in response to economic, demographic, technological and social trends.
Caution: landlords, enter at your own risk
The recent case of Rees v Windsor-Clive has provided useful guidance on how a right of entry reserved to a landlord in a lease should be interpreted.
Re-orientation in logistics
Demand for space in the logistics sector is rising, as a result of increased online buying and a trend to more domestic storage and production.
Practical steps for re-occupation
Here are our steps and actions to help landlords as tenants begin to re-occupy shops, restaurants and offices.
Covid-19 and residential proptech
Personal and community wellbeing have become more important as a result of the health crisis. Here I consider how technology could satisfy these requirements to greater effect.
Handling ‘force majeure’ in lease agreements
Many landlords and developers will currently be facing significant delays in the performance of their building obligations under agreements for lease.
Phased development: is your planning permission up to scratch?
Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 provides that a two-part time condition should be imposed on outline planning permissions.
Covid-19: Contracts – time to look at the boilerplate
Found towards the end of the ‘boilerplate’ clauses in a contract – where many don’t usually expect to find any ‘deal-breaker’ issues – force majeure clauses are being looked...
Covid-19: Impact on landlords and tenants
Coronavirus is likely to have a significant impact on how we use and manage real estate across England and Wales, with serious legal and practical considerations for landlords and...
The business impact of Covid-19
Here we cover guidance on directors' duties, insurance cover, liability and more, relating to the unfolding coronavirus issue.
ICO amends guidance on GDPR compliance timescales
The Information Commissioner’s Office has amended its guidance on the timescales for compliance with data subject access requests where the data controller has requested clarification.
