Matthew Sims > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Burges Salmon LLP provides support to a range of investors, with strength in assisting private pension funds in their transactions and portfolio management. The firm is also strong in the industrial and logistics space. Robert Forman, who is experienced in hotel investments, and Matthew Sims, an office expert, lead the team. Richard Read is a key name within the team.

Reputed for their ‘expertise and commerciality’, and with bases in Bristol and London, the practice at Burges Salmon LLP advises an array of top global and UK-based corporations. The firm’s scope of work includes the negotiation and termination of leases, high value rent reviews, and headquarters relocations. The group routinely works in tandem with its general real estate practice, which handles development and construction, and property finance. Richard Clark draws from his ample transactional real estate experience to assist clients with large scale development projects, whereas James Sutherland covers landlord and tenant disputes, in addition to business tenancy renewals. Richard Read regularly acts for domestic and foreign investors on various real estate matters, Matthew Sims concentrates on complex portfolio management work for retail and office sector clients, and Will Hall handles corporate occupier work in the industrial and logistics industries.