Real Estate

With more than 330 lawyers, our Global Real Estate Group assists institutional and private equity investors, multinationals, banks, hotels and REITS with all of their global real estate needs, from buying, selling and leasing property to financing and constructing major projects. As a one-stop shop for real estate legal services across key markets, we develop world-class transactional strategies, provide corporate real estate services, and advise on global data center real estate development and management. 

Ranked the "Number One Global Law Firm for Real Estate" by Euromoney for 10 years running, our real estate practitioners have a winning combination of technical property expertise, local market knowledge, industry insight and global experience. Many of our real estate lawyers are highly rated by leading legal directories including Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, reflecting our ability to take a centrally managed, cross-practice approach to helping clients maximize the value of their portfolios.

Global Data Center Real Estate Services

Data centers need more attention than other property classes because they operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and require large amounts of power, cooling, data bandwidth and security. We have vast experience advising companies on acquiring, financing, leasing, planning and developing data centers worldwide. Working across borders and practice areas, we collaborate with colleagues in our IT & Communications, Data Privacy, Cyber Security, Intellectual Property, Tax and Employment practices to provide comprehensive advice.

Our services include preparing and negotiating data center leases, acquiring land and existing structures for data center locations, preparing and negotiating cloud outsourcing agreements, negotiating architect design agreements and construction contracts, advising on data center environmental issues, securing financing for developing and maintaining data centers, and preparing data center purchase, lease and support agreements.

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Global Sustainable Buildings

Using our long experience working on green projects, our real estate lawyers help clients identify incentives and opportunities for sustainable building developments and guarantee the long-term profitability of these projects. Our services include advising on green certification, energy standards and performance, certifications and minimums, CO2 and energy targets, green leases, as well as the regulation, financing and planning of these projects.

Based on our expertise in this burgeoning sector, we've created the Global Sustainable Buildings Index 2015, a resource that explains sustainable building incentives and regulations in 16 countries across the European Union, Asia, North America and the Middle East. It includes a comparison of green lease clauses to educate clients on the best practices for these arrangements.