The Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is one of the UK’s most prestigious landowners, with a prime central London portfolio defined by long-term stewardship, premium assets and careful curation of place.
The mandate
- Sole legal adviser for the St James’s Estates and Regent Street residential portfolio
- Deliver seamless support across acquisitions, disposals and asset management
- Advise on high-value, complex central London assets
- Provide specialist advice on all enfranchisement claims and related matters
Our role
Forsters is a long-standing, trusted adviser, providing:
- End-to-end support across the full asset lifecycle
- A consistent, partner-led team with deep estate knowledge
- Fully integrated advice spanning transactional, asset management and disputes work
- Specialist expertise in enfranchisement following appointment to the LRA mandate (2025)
What we do
- Acquisitions and disposals
- Advising on strategic transactions across premium London assets
- Leasing and renewals
- Managing new leases, renewals and regears across the residential portfolio
- Asset management
- Delivering the full suite of documentation to support ongoing estate performance
- Property disputes
- Handling contentious matters in line with the estate’s long-term objectives
- Enfranchisement
- Providing specialist advice under the LRA mandate, extending our role into complex leasehold reform matters
Impact
- Seamless delivery across a high-value, high-profile London estate
- Consistent support across both transactional and contentious workstreams
- Contribution to the long-term performance and resilience of key assets
