Linklaters’ pre-eminent global real estate development practice includes advice on premium mixed-use urban regeneration projects, city headquarters buildings, retail and leisure projects, shopping centres and arts projects.
The team’s global development specialists handle all relevant disciplines, from securing planning permission to drafting state of the art construction, funding and leasing documents. Major developers and significant space users/occupiers from all over the world continue to seek Linklaters’ cross-border development expertise.
Recent real estate development transactions include advising
- the UK government on the £500 million development of a new station at Canary Wharf as part of Crossrail, London’s east-west rail link
- a major US investment bank on the development of new European headquarters
- Land Securities on obtaining planning approval for a major office-led mixed use development at 20 Fenchurch Street London EC3, including a 155m tower known as the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ building
- Lend Lease on the proposed £1 billion+ regeneration of Elephant & Castle, South London
- global insurance broker Willis on the development of new headquarters in London
- the Polish Government on the construction of a new €350 million national stadium in Warsaw
- Mubadala Development on the US$2 billion+ development of Al Sowa Island as a new financial centre for Abu Dhabi
