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ESTATE RATIONALISATION

Examples of work undertaken by our lawyers

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  • Advised on estates rationalisation projects on behalf of numerous public and private sector organisations including advice on portfolio disposals, lease breaks, acquisitions of suitable premises and lease renewals.  

  • Advised on numerous dilapidations claims, saving one government department in excess of £1 million. 

Davitt Jones Bould specialists

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Legal issues that may arise

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  • Estates management and reviews

  • Property and land disposals

  • Acquisition of property

  • Advising on lease breaks, termination and surrender

  • Negotiating lease renewals and rent reviews

  • Deeds of variation for leases

  • Licences for variation

  • Wayleaves

  • Advising on dilapidations claims

  • Funding mechanisms

  • Subletting of surplus spaces

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Central and local government together own property worth £370 billion with annual running costs of over £20 billion. Property is the second highest administrative cost within government and is a key source of efficiency savings. 40% of the UK’s annual construction costs fall to the public sector.

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ABOUT DAVITT JONES BOULD​

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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