Investment and Development
We have the breadth and depth of expertise to provide specialist sector teams in retail and leisure, industrial and logistics, health and social care, offices, central and local government. Working with our colleagues in residential development we are frequently involved on the mixed use schemes that are regenerating our urban centres.
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Our approach is distinctly focused on your success, with advice tailored to your specific needs and commercial objectives.
We deliver advice at every stage of the investment and development cycle. We work in integrated teams, drawing in experts in planning and environmental, construction and engineering, corporate and tax to ensure you get a seamless service and bespoke expertise.
We advise on complex site assembly, acquisitions and disposals, partnerships and joint ventures, estate management and net carbon zero strategies.
Our team includes property finance specialists whose experience includes: financing acquisitions and developments, acquiring corporate entities and corporate borrowing.
We advise on financial structures, refinancing and restructuring matters, including Islamic finance. We also advise on fund regulation, drafting the terms of the funds, dealing with management and distribution agreements, advising on fund manager remuneration, tax structuring for fund managers and investors and advising on distribution and management of funds.
Featured experience
- Acting for Lendlease on the disposal of the Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull for £90m and for Ares on the purchase of a £100m shopping centre in South Wales.
- Acting for a leading northern university on the acquisition of buildings beyond the current campus, for associated projects critical to the continued evolution of the university, in a joint project with the city council.
- Advising a Northern local authority on strategic acquisition of a partially constructed retail park (let to a discount trader, a supermarket, and a fast food operator), a high street comprising 90 units, and a 700 home residential development in Kirkby from an existing landowner/developer. The project included strategic advice on procurement of the works to complete construction of the retail park alongside our colleagues in Procurement and conclusion of an asset and property management agreement.
- Advised a private equity backed care home provider on the property elements of its disposal including certifying title to a portfolio of c80 care homes valued at around £750 million.
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Asset Management
We provide a dedicated asset management service to clients including the owners of the largest retail destinations in the country and major office development.
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Construction and Engineering
We work closely with clients as part of their wider teams to help them deliver projects across the construction, engineering and infrastructure sectors. We work collaboratively and provide clients with practical legal and commercial advice to allocate and manage risk and manage operational challenges to allow the successful delivery projects.
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Investment & Development
We provide a dedicated investment and development service to clients including commercial developers and owner occupiers, funds and financial institutions and the public sector.
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Planning & Environment
We provide specialist planning and environmental services across the complete range of contentious and non-contentious planning advice.
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Portfolio Management
We help owners, operators, and investors manage their real estate portfolios efficiently and with confidence. By combining specialist expertise, technology‑driven processes, and a deep understanding of high‑volume transactional work, we deliver solutions that reduce cost, streamline delivery, and support your commercial objectives.
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Property Litigation
Our property litigation lawyers advise clients across the real estate sector, helping you manage risk, resolve disputes, and protect the value of your assets. We combine deep technical expertise with commercial insight to support organisations facing complex, high‑value or time‑critical property litigation issues in the UK and internationally.
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Residential Development and Plots
We provide specialist residential development expertise through the full cycle of a residential development, on large estates, garden villages, BTR, student accommodation and retirement living.
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”The law firm has a really solid team of real estate lawyers, all with different disciplines and expertise. It is a good mix of generalists and subject matter experts.
Chambers & Partners UK, 2026
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Quiénes somos
¿Por qué elegir DAC Beachcroft?
Somos un bufete comercial de amplia base que presta servicios a una gran variedad de sectores, con una sólida herencia en seguros,
salud e inmobiliario. Combinamos excelentes conocimientos jurídicos y experiencia de vanguardia para diseñar soluciones en
que se adapten a las necesidades de nuestros clientes, a menudo con un uso inteligente de la tecnología.
Seguros
DAC Beachcroft es reconocido como un asesor preeminente en el mercado de seguros, y ponemos un fuerte énfasis en las relaciones a largo plazo que construimos con usted para que realmente podamos agregar valor a su negocio.
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Sanidad y asistencia social
DAC Beachcroft está considerado líder del mercado en la prestación de asesoramiento jurídico corporativo, comercial y normativo a proveedores de servicios sanitarios.
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Inmobiliario
Con 170 abogados, somos uno de los mayores equipos jurídicos inmobiliarios del Reino Unido. Nuestra amplia red nos proporciona conocimientos y acceso a nivel nacional, regional y local.
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Servicios financieros
Asesoramos regularmente a diseñadores y fabricantes de productos, organismos comerciales y minoristas, distribuidores e inversores de capital riesgo que desean invertir en el sector de los servicios financieros.
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Tecnología
Como asesores de confianza desde hace muchos años en el sector tecnológico, ofrecemos soluciones pragmáticas e innovadoras que le permiten tomar decisiones informadas sobre la mejor manera de maximizar su éxito.
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Especialidades industriales
Combinamos nuestro profundo conocimiento del sector con una astuta conciencia comercial y un alcance mundial.
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