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Examples of work undertaken by DJB lawyers

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Advised: 

Investors on big ticket acquisitions including offices, shopping centres, warehouses, tall buildings, existing portfolios and business parks.

  

The Cabinet Office on the first registration of 10 Downing Street. 

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National and international retailers, Central and Local Government, and FTSE companies on the management of their large estates.  

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The Royal Parks on all of the real estate issues to arise out of their Parks, including Hyde Park, St James's Park, Kensington Gardens, Richmond Park and Bushy Park. 

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TV celebrity chef Rick Stein's restaurant group on their estates management, including the acquisition of their first London restaurant.  

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The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the transfer of the Wave Hub, Cornwall. 

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Advised The Royal Parks on the hosting of the London 2012 Olympic Games

  

The Ministry of Defence on  the multimillion pound disposal of the former Army Medical College to the Chelsea College of Art.  

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The Department for Education on their office move from the Old Admiralty Building.  

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Landowners on the drafting of key precedents e.g. the Clawback clause for Ministry of Defence and the Academy Transfer Licence for Department for Education.

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Our Services

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  • Acquisitions and disposals of commercial property. 

  • Clawback and overage. 

  • Landlord and tenant work

  • Leasebacks

  • Conditional sales

  • Estates / portfolio management for corporate occupiers and investors. 

  • Estates rationalisation 

  • Wayleaves

  • Licences 

  • Easements, covenants and other third party rights

  • Title investigations and issues

  • Common land, town and village greens

  • Charity property issues

  • Insolvency property issues

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Commercial property provides the physical space for almost all economic activity that takes place in the UK.  The Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and other external events have adversely impacted the market whether you are an investor, landlord or tenant in offices, retail or industry.  As a specialist real estate law firm that only recruits experienced solicitors from other leading firms, we can help you navigate these events to maximise your estate's performance. 

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As the largest, most experienced law firm specialising in real estate in the UK, we have been trusted advisors to the real estate market for 25 years. We have over 75 lawyers, all of whom joined us from senior in-house or private practice roles, and bring an average of 25 years’ post qualification experience each. With their expertise and commercial experience, we advise a prestigious client base in the public and private sector on the full spectrum of real estate legal issues, including commercial property, planning, property litigation, construction, environment, real estate finance and other related areas. Operating in our specialist area uniquely positions us to help other professional firms, and through our Real Estate Support solution we support teams in the silver circle, UK Top 30, US Top 50, the Big Four and beyond.

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