Philip Beer

Philip is a highly experienced and award winning real estate lawyer who has broad experience of dealing with UK real estate transactions – including land and property acquisitions, disposals and leases for corporate entities, Family Offices and high net worth individuals. Philip also advises clients on the real estate aspects of major projects, particularly in the transport, infrastructure and energy sectors and on large-scale regeneration/redevelopment projects. Philip led the real estate team that won Burges Salmon the award of ‘Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards 2020.

Philip is a full member of the Development Committee of the British Property Federation, the voice of the Property Industry in the UK.

Philip is a member of the firm’s International Committee and heads the firm’s Asia Pacific team – which advises clients on inward investment deals into the UK, particularly in the real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors.

Experience

• Advising various large corporate clients on corporate real estate strategies, the acquisition and sale of land and taking/granting leases of offices, shops and other business facilities.

• Advising the Greater London Authority on the procurement of a development partner for a GBP £1.8 billion regeneration of the Royal Albert Dock – a Chinese developer that plans to create London’s ‘Third Business District’ after the City and Canary Wharf.

• Advising an APAC-based development company on its acquisition of a brownfield site for the development of over 2,500 houses and 24 hectares of employment space.

• Advising private sector investor/developer clients on the acquisition and development of Private Rented Sector (PRS) and Build to Rent projects around the UK.

• Advising various energy clients on the property elements of the development of new power stations and electricity generating facilities, the decommissioning of old stations and acquisitions/sales of energy businesses.

• Advising high net worth individuals and Family Offices on the acquisition and disposal of land and property, including high-end residential property

Real Estate

Burges Salmon’s award-winning real estate lawyers provide a full range of transactional, advisory and dispute resolution real estate services in both commercial and residential property. The team advises corporates, private clients and public sector bodies operating in many of the UK’s industry sectors including the real estate, energy, banking, transport and food and farming sectors. Within the team are lawyers qualified in all three UK legal jurisdictions (England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) and a specialist team handling all aspects of rural property and land estates.

The team is recognised for providing strategic and practical legal advice on developing, investing in and occupying all forms of UK property.

Burges Salmon was the winner of the award of ‘UK Law Firm of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards 2020.