We help developers unlock opportunity - across sectors
The development landscape is shifting fast. Viability pressures, planning reform, and the race to net zero are reshaping how schemes are structured and delivered. At the same time, occupier expectations are evolving—driven by technology, ESG priorities, and the demand for flexibility. Developers today face a complex challenge: to create spaces that meet commercial goals, respond to social needs, and stand up to environmental scrutiny.
Shoosmiths helps clients navigate this complexity with confidence. We work across the full development lifecycle—from land acquisition and pre-lets to funding, construction, and exit—offering legal advice that’s pragmatic, commercially attuned, and focused on delivery.
Our national, cross-disciplinary team brings deep expertise in planning, strategic land, energy and infrastructure, tax, and environmental law. We understand the pressures developers face and the outcomes they need.
Whether you’re structuring institutional-grade investments, delivering mixed-use regeneration, or unlocking strategic land, we act as part of your team. We don’t just advise—we help make things happen. Our track record includes advising on some of the UK’s most ambitious schemes, supporting clients to deliver places that work for people, planet, and profit.
Recent experience
- advising on the regeneration of Typhoo Wharf, Digbeth which will deliver the new home for BBC in Birmingham together with leisure space
- advising Feldberg Capital on the formation of a landmark industrial and logistics platform in partnership with HBD to deliver up to £1 billion of next-generation, ESG-compliant mid-box assets
- acting for Torsion Group and Khalbros on the acquisition of Eastgate Quarter in Leeds to begin a landmark £1bn city centre mixed-use regeneration project
- advised Hallam Land on the acquisition and disposal of land at Eastern Green, Coventry to Countryside Partnerships and David Wilson Homes for residential development and to Royal London Asset Management for commercial development
- advising Nurton Developments on the land purchase, site set-up, infrastructure creation and subsequent phased disposal of Branston Locks, a major multi-use urban extension in Burton-on-Trent
