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REAL ESTATE

We provide an holistic service, advising on a full range of real estate legal matters, focusing on providing pragmatic advice and great outcomes

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Introduction

Our Real Estate team advises Commercial Landlords, Developers, Investors, Managing Agents and Occupiers on all aspects of commercial and high-value residential property. Our advice is practical, commercially driven and always aligned with the wider economic and regulatory landscape.

WHEN IS THIS SERVICE USED?

Clients typically engage us when managing or investing in Real Estate. Common scenarios include lease negotiations for offices, shops, and restaurants; enforcing lease terms against defaulting Tenants; and advising on compliance with the Building Safety Act. We also act in disputes relating to planning, forfeiture and dilapidations, and routinely support developers and managing agents with decant licences, rent recovery, possession proceedings and other matters.

Why is this service valuable?

Strategic Real Estate advice preserves and maximises asset value, minimises income disruption and ensures regulatory compliance. Our clients benefit from swift, decisive legal input that addresses both the legal detail and broader commercial reality—whether that’s resolving arrears without litigation, completing lease deals under time pressure or managing contentious planning issues. We focus on outcomes, not just process.

HOW RIDGEMONT CAN HELP

We are a trusted advisor to Commercial Landlords, Developers, Investors, Managing Agents and Occupiers. Our Real Estate lawyers bring extensive experience from dealing with asset management of Central London portfolios to complex disputes. We routinely advise on Landlord and Tenant matters, lease negotiation and enforcement, possession proceedings and Building Safety Act issues. Our approach is partner-led, responsive, clear and commercially focused.

CASE STUDIES

  • We acted for a €500m Italian Real Estate Fund in successfully defending forfeiture proceedings in relation to a significant Central London property. Our team identified weaknesses in the application and convinced the claimant to discontinue the proceedings.

  • Ridgemont advised a large Spanish logistics business on the fit out and lease of a substantial warehouse. Our team ensured that the client was kept fully informed and had absolute clarity at each juncture.

  • We advised a large commercial tenant on a dilapidations claim brought by an Institutional Landlord who intended to develop the property at a later date, raising legal arguments that heavily discounted the claim and resulted in a speedy settlement for our client.

CALL TO ACTION

For strategic real estate legal advice, contact Ridgemont’s team on +44 (0)203 909 9593 or email realestate@ridgemont.co.uk. We guarantee a same-day response and partner-led service throughout.

  • John Wallace

  • John Wallace

  • Head of Real Estate Law
  • John trained and worked at Eversheds (now Eversheds Sutherland) in their London and Paris offices, qualifying as a Real Estate solicitor. He returned to the UK and set up Ridgemont in 2015.

    An experienced disputes lawyer, John has read and practised law for over 20 years. John is a former RICS iSurv and Law Society Property Section author, a member of the Society of Construction Law, and has been published in numerous journals and magazines on a variety of subjects.

    John is Head of Real Estate Law at Ridgemont, overseeing all non-contentious and contentious matters.