Real Estate

Steptoe’s UK-based real estate practice delivers comprehensive advisory and transactional services tailored to clients operating in the United Kingdom. Our experienced team offers a partner-led service focused on building long-term relationships, blending the personalized approach of in-house counsel with high-quality, pragmatic advice on all real estate matters.

We are widely recognized for providing exceptional service across the key areas of UK real estate, including acquisition and disposal investment transactions, development, promotion, landlord and tenant matters, and asset management. Working across diverse sectors such as offices, leisure, retail, industrial, logistics, data centers, resorts, retirement, and care, assisting a diverse range of clients, including occupiers, investors, developers, family offices, and private equity firms.

Our capabilities extend beyond core real estate matters and include the negotiation of banking facilities, funding agreements, development management agreements, construction documentation, and creating joint venture entities and structures for UK-based co-investment and development projects. Landlord and tenant matters are central to what we do, with contested lease renewals and dilapidations advisory forming a significant part of our UK-focused work. Highlighted by Legal 500 UK, we are described as offering “an experienced and accurate partner-led service provided efficiently and immediately,” alongside “expert knowledge” that is “reliable, professional, supportive.”

When disputes arise, our team collaborates with Steptoe’s seasoned litigators to resolve construction and real estate issues across a range of forums, including negotiation, mediation, formal proceedings, and arbitration ensuring robust solutions for UK-specific challenges. Committed to responsiveness, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, we provide services that consistently meet the expectations of our clients. Chambers UK 2025 notes, “the team is very responsive and quick to react,” while recognizing our “excellent insight and detailed analysis as well as high levels of service and attention.”

At Steptoe, our real estate practice is built on delivering bespoke, forward-thinking advice that helps clients thrive in the UK market.