Commercial property Solicitors

Commercial Property
Our large and exceptionally experienced team of specialist commercial property lawyers advises clients around the UK on all kinds of transactions, including complex, high-profile and high-value deals.


Institutions, fund managers, private and publicly-owned property companies, developers, occupiers, banks, landowners, housebuilders, educational bodies and charities trust us to help them achieve their objectives in commercial property. These include complex, multi-jurisdiction development deals; a wide variety of landlord and tenant matters; and advising blue chip investment landlords on the asset management of large industrial, retail and office accommodation.

This breadth of experience, combined with our considerable capacity and resources, benefits our clients in many ways.

We’re able to quickly pull together integrated, multidisciplinary teams that have all the legal skills and in-depth industry knowledge required to get straight to the heart of a project: understanding the key issues and your particular goals.

We can advise throughout the entire lifecycle of a project, and have the necessary strength in depth to meet your deadlines with consistently excellent work. And over the years we have developed many longstanding relationships throughout the sector, which can open up added-value opportunities for our clients.

More than this, we aim to work as part of your team. We don’t just wait to be asked legal questions: we see commercial problems from your perspective, and proactively look for ways to solve them with minimum fuss.

We have expertise in all areas of commercial property, including:


Meet our key contacts

Colin Archibald

Partner

Andrew Hall

Partner and Head of Property and Infrastructure

Ewan MacLeod

Partner

Euan McLeod

Partner and Head of Infrastructure

David Mitchell

Partner

Jonathan Rickard

Partner

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Craig Brodie

Senior Associate

Sophie Brown

Senior Solicitor

George Bruce

Senior Solicitor

Lucy Campbell

Solicitor

Paul Donald

Partner

Christopher Glendinning

Associate

Andrew Hall

Partner and Head of Property and Infrastructure

Emma Hendrie

Senior Solicitor

Elaine Hunter

Partner

Colin Innes

Partner

Ben Kenderdine

Senior Solicitor

Lisa Kinloch

Director

Matthew Lamberton

Senior Associate

David Lewis

Senior Associate

Magdalena MacLean

Partner

Ewan MacLeod

Partner

Jess Manson

Solicitor

Jess Maskrey

Associate

Scott McCallum

Partner

Ashley McCann

Senior Associate

Heather McSwan

Solicitor

Emma Miller

Director

David Mitchell

Partner

Fraser Mitchell

Partner

Emma Moir

Senior Associate

Alannah O'Hara

Solicitor

Daniel Parcell

Senior Solicitor

Sophie Philip-Davidson

Senior Solicitor

Lynsey Reid

Senior Associate

Scarlett Retallack

Senior Associate

Peter Smith

Partner

Ian Soppitt

Senior Associate

Hannah Swinton

Director

John Townsend

Partner

Claire Wheatman

Associate

Craig Whelton

Partner

Paul Young

Partner

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