Planning, Development and Construction
We advise a wide range of clients across the UK on all legal aspects of the planning and construction phase of commercial property projects.
Both our Planning team (the largest in Scotland and top-ten in the UK) and our Construction team are well-known for their technical expertise and ability to deliver practical and commercial solutions. Between then they can support you with everything from securing planning consent to delivering watertight construction contracts.
Our clients range from SMEs to large and listed businesses, and include leading operators in the building, infrastructure, facilities management, development, regeneration and housebuilding sectors. We have the resource and expertise to successfully address large, complex and high-value challenges: our legal teams are rated as tier one by independent UK legal directories,
When claims arise on a project, we can help you to resolve them. We have extensive experience of the resolution through litigation of real estate and construction disputes arising out of development projects, as well as the use of ADR, in particular mediation. We start by exploring the background to the dispute and understanding your commercial goals, to help set a strategy to seek to achieve them.
This means you can rely on us to provide a true ‘one-stop shop’ for legal expertise on major commercial property developments.
Meet our key contacts
Ewan MacLeod
Partner
Andrew Hall
Partner and Head of Property and Infrastructure
Euan McLeod
Partner and Head of Infrastructure
Colin Archibald
Partner
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Contact us
Ewan MacLeod
Partner
Andrew Hall
Partner and Head of Property and Infrastructure
Euan McLeod
Partner and Head of Infrastructure
Colin Archibald
Partner
