Mills & Reeve launches comprehensive built environment offering with over 200 specialist lawyers

National law firm Mills & Reeve has restructured its real estate sector into a comprehensive built environment offering, positioning itself to better serve the sector’s evolving needs and support clients in aligning with market priorities.

The strategic repositioning forms part of the firm’s ambitious 2030 growth plans and reflects its commitment to meeting clients’ needs through a sector-focused approach. The transformation emphasises inter-sector collaboration and brings together the firm’s extensive expertise across the built environment.

The market-leading offering encompasses over 200 lawyers specialising in investment, development & regeneration, living, real estate finance and owners & occupiers; including services which span estate management, planning and environmental, litigation, corporate real estate, construction, and tax, to name a few.

With 28 of the team based in the firm’s Manchester office, it will deliver solutions for domestic and international clients across all aspects of the built environment.

Chris Ross, partner and head of Manchester office at Mills & Reeve, commented: “Our restructured offer is built on the recognition that achieving key priorities in the built environment requires cross-sector expertise and collaboration. The North West market faces complex challenges; economic instability, regulatory and statutory changes and increasing property taxes all affecting investor confidence and viability. This requires a wider range of specialist expertise working in close harmony, which is the focus of our evolved offering.”

Led by partner Carina Davis, the newly appointed head of built environment, the team’s expertise spans five key pillars:

• Real estate investment – delivering innovative legal solutions that optimise real estate investment transactions
• Development & regeneration – extensive experience acting for landowners, promoters, developers, investors, funders, and occupiers with a solutions-led approach that considers all interests
• Living – working strategically with clients operating across one or multiple assets within the sector
• Real estate finance – advising on diverse domestic and international real estate finance transactions including investment, development, infrastructure, private placements, and forward funding
• Owners & occupiers – achieving long-term property goals with deep sector expertise spanning healthcare to sporting venues.

Partner Carina Davis added: “The new team enables clients to access extensive expertise across the built environment and specialists in key areas. It positions us ideally to advise on high-profile, complex projects and transactions, providing pragmatic and innovative solutions that help shape communities, fund and optimise investments and support the full lifecycle of built assets.”

Mills & Reeve is also a market leader in supporting the delivery of urban extensions and new towns/communities – a key focus of the government’s growth plans.

You can learn more about Mills & Reeve’s built environment sector here.