HIGHER EDUCATION
Our experienced lawyers support universities and higher education institutions through every stage of their real estate projects, helping you navigate challenges such as campus expansion, sustainability targets, student accommodation demand, and complex funding or partnership structures.
From major redevelopment and refurbishment projects to new build and net zero initiatives, we guide you from site acquisition through to completion. We’ve advised on some of the UK’s most significant higher education developments, providing strategic, commercial, and legal insight across construction, planning, and governance.
We tailor our legal solutions to your institution’s goals, ensuring your estate evolves efficiently, sustainably, and with confidence.
CASE
STUDIES
Advised a UK university on their development of a new 45,000sqft veterinary school at their main campus.
We are advising a UK university on politically sensitive student possession proceedings in relation to a student with disabilities.
We are advising a UK university on the implications of the Building Safety Act for three separate new build teaching facilities.
We're acting for a UK university on procurement issues arising from the proposed appointment of a food franchisee operator to run food outlets across the campus.
INSIGHTS
OUR SPECIALISTS
Mary Anderson
Partner
Henry Bowman
Consultant
Christopher Brigstocke
Partner
Stephen Chalcraft
Partner