Investment and Development

From site assembly, development, redevelopment and regeneration through to buying, selling, letting and managing property across all asset classes. Whatever your investment and development needs, our expert team acts on a wide range of commercial and residential property matters, from multi-billion dollar funds to small scale developers across the UK, Europe and globally.

What we do

We understand that building and managing a successful property portfolio relies on expert, commercially-relevant advice. You need to be able to trust your legal advisors to be ahead of the competition, with a breadth of expertise across a strong, adaptable team.

At DWF we work hard to ensure that our clients get the very best, market-leading expertise. Our investment and development team has a strong and established reputation for working collaboratively with clients and other advisors. We draw in expertise from across the firm’s construction, planning, tax, banking, corporate, employment and commercial teams, as needed, ensuring that the right results are achieved for each business plan and project. Most importantly, this collaborative approach ensures that we are able to handle high-value single asset transactions and development projects, as well as large-scale portfolio acquisitions and disposals.

How we do it

Being one of the largest legal teams specialising in this area, we can dedicate significant resources to achieving the results you need. What sets us apart is our ability to tailor this expertise to a wide range of specialisms and levels of experience, ensuring that tight timescales are met, whilst still achieving value for money.

We make it our business to ensure we understand what you want to achieve, so we can provide relevant, practical advice from day one. From the first moment you consider doing a deal we’re working hard to identify potential issues and barriers to your success, as well as making sure the process moves forward as efficiently as possible.

We believe that successful property transactions and development projects are grounded in strong client relationships. Site visits, regular face-to-face client meetings, all-parties meetings, surveyor networking, peer and fund manager networking and in-depth understanding of funding mechanisms, revenues and profit drivers are a fundamental part of the expert service we provide. Our investment in these, alongside specialist legal understanding and broad experience, ensures that your requirements are met whilst still protecting the bottom line.

Why DWF?

We have developed a number of products which can be used to assist in making transactions flow smoothly. These include:

• dwf pinpoint is an easy-to-use, cloud-based software package that lets you manage multiple property portfolios in one place. You can log in from anywhere, and share information with colleagues or potential buyers as well as creating insightful reports.
• dwf draft enables you to create contracts, documents and reports in a fraction of the time, enabling your lawyers to focus on and dedicate more time to the tasks that give you real value. It improves accuracy and risk management by ensuring a consistent approach. dwf draft has been developed in consultation with Thomson Reuters.

Our investment and development services include: