We’ll help you navigate the office development and investment sector
In today’s evolving real estate landscape, navigating the office development and investment sector requires clarity, agility and commercial insight.
Shifting occupational requirements, increased finance costs and tightening sustainability and energy efficiency regulations are reshaping the market. Tenant demand continues to focus on high quality, flexible and well connected office space, while older and non compliant buildings risk becoming stranded assets for owners and investors. At the same time, these dynamics are creating opportunities for those able to adapt assets and strategies to meet changing market expectations.
Whether you are developing and pre letting best in class office space, acquiring and refurbishing existing buildings, repositioning underperforming assets, or exploring alternative uses, our market leading office development and investment team provides clear, joined up advice to help maximise value and manage risk throughout the asset lifecycle.
Why Forsters?
We advise on office development and investment across the full lifecycle of an asset, from acquisition and funding through development, leasing, active asset management and exit.
What sets us apart is the breadth of our experience and the depth of our integration across commercial real estate, planning, construction, finance, tax, corporate and real estate disputes. Clients value our ability to anticipate issues early, manage risk proactively and deliver pragmatic, commercially focused advice on complex and often high value office projects in London and across England and Wales.
Supporting office assets at every stage
Our team regularly advises on:
- Office acquisitions and disposals, including complex asset and share structures
- Development, refurbishment and repositioning strategies
- Forward funding, forward purchase, development management and other development structures
- Planning strategy, listed building consent and statutory agreements
- Construction procurement, development documentation and delivery
- Rights of light, party wall and access strategies
- Pre lettings, lettings and asset management
- Investment/joint venture structuring, financing and refinancing
- ESG strategy, green leases and sustainability led refurbishment
- Exit planning and portfolio disposals
Case studies
Forsters’ headquarters relocation
Our relocation to 22 Baker Street in 2024 gave us first hand experience of delivering a complex, sustainability led office refurbishment from the occupier perspective.
Find out how we brought together our four London offices into a single 50,000 sq ft headquarters, designed to support modern working, collaboration and long term efficiency.
Read our case studyFenwick’s, 7 Brook Street, Mayfair
We act for Lazari in relation to a £50 million+ major makeover of the Fenwick’s department store in Mayfair.
Read our case studyFrederick’s Place, City of London
We advised The Mercers’ Company on the redevelopment of 7/8 Frederick’s Place and 1/3 Frederick’s Place.
Read our case studyMeet our team

Ben Barrison
Partner, Head of Real Estate Disputes

Andrew Crabbie
Partner, Commercial Real Estate
Sarah Cook
Partner, Head of Construction

Heather Corben
Partner, Tax

Christine Dubignon
Partner, Corporate

Victoria Du Croz
Partner, Head of Planning
Katherine Ekers
Partner, Commercial Real Estate

Rowena Marshall
Partner, Banking and Finance

Andrew McEwan
Partner, Commercial Real Estate
Very professional and timely in response. They can rationally work through the most complex of issues.
A very well coordinated, and a widely experienced and knowledgeable professional team who have a true client-centric focus.
The team works closely with the client to ensure that even the most complex of situations are managed effectively.
They have an imaginative, consultative, and commercial approach which was attuned to the needs of a complex client.


