Real Estate

Bexley Beaumont: An award-winning boutique law firm with an inclusive and collaborative team culture and an uncompromising approach to quality aligning the interests of both clients and lawyers. Senior experienced lawyers with a wealth of commercial acumen acting as trusted advisors providing legal solutions across all commercial disciplines.

Bexley Beaumont’s real estate lawyers deliver a highly cost-effective service. We are focused on delivering outstanding quality and working collaboratively with you or your business to achieve your objectives.

Our senior and knowledgeable team has extensive experience across the real estate sector including investment, development, landlord and tenant, real estate finance, corporate support, construction, planning and litigation work.

We act for businesses of all sizes including investors, developers, landlords, tenants, lenders, institutional funds and individuals.

Our services

We proactively work with you to assess your requirements and provide a solution tailored to your needs.

We can manage your real estate transactions, large or small, from start to finish or, if appropriate, provide ad hoc support to your in-house legal team.

Transactional work

Our lawyers are vastly experienced. These are just some of the types of work we can help with:

  • Leases and pre-lettings (acting for landlord or tenant)
  • Asset management, for example Licences and Rent Reviews
  • Sales and purchases
  • Investment and refinancing transactions, including small or large portfolios
  • Development work, including feasibility studies
  • Regeneration and procurement projects
  • Joint ventures
  • Residential site assembly
  • Land promotion agreements
  • Construction documents

Due diligence support services

We regularly support large-scale transactions where bulk due diligence is required. This allows the “behind the scenes” work to be done quickly and cost-effectively. Our lawyers can assist law firms and in-house legal teams with:

  • Certificates of title
  • Reports on title
  • Lease reports
  • Verification
  • Title reviews
  • Corporate support work
  • Construction support work

Property Litigation

Our property litigation team regularly represent commercial landlords, tenants and property owners in a wide range of commercial disputes by negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration. We can assist with:

  • Landlord and Tenant business tenancies/notices
  • Breach of lease covenants
  • Non-payment of rent
  • Service charges
  • Forfeiture
  • Removal of restrictive covenants
  • Dilapidations
  • Boundary disputes
  • Party wall and rights of light

Planning and Environmental

Our planning team advises on all planning and environmental aspects in relation to retail on the High Street, town centre regeneration projects and retails parks outside town centres. Advising landlords and commercial tenants representing chain stores and SMEs. We can assist with the following planning and related matters:

  • Planning and environmental due diligence in acquisition and sales
  • Planning or environmental compliance/breaches
  • Permitted development/mezzanine developments and changes of use
  • Planning agreements and planning permissions
  • Lawful development certificates
  • Planning and environmental permitting appeals
  • Advertisement Regulations
  • Environmental risk management, indemnities and warranties