Real Estate Development

We recently engaged Cara Keen’s services at HCR Law and were delighted with the promptness and smoothness of our transaction.

Cara and her team are incredibly efficient, taking the stress out of the process and making it a pleasure to work with them. So much so that we have engaged their legal services again, and we are confident this transaction will be just as seamless as the last.

I recently completed a commercial property purchase with support from Cara Keen at HCR’s Norwich office. The process was handled with clarity, professionalism, and excellent communication throughout. Cara was consistently responsive, thorough, and pragmatic, even when navigating complex lease and VAT elements. I felt fully supported and well-advised from start to finish. Highly recommended.

Laura has lots of experience and is incredibly committed to doing the best job possible for her clients.

Gemma is an exceptional planning lawyer, with impressive knowledge of legislation, case law and its implications.

Marc is very responsive, client-focused and pragmatic in giving advice to achieve the intended outcome.

James is remarkably calm and very solid. He provides a very valuable service and I trust his judgement.

Colin has provided a comprehensive and supportive service to the organisation, demonstrating a significant depth of knowledge and experience in his field.

Thank you so much for all of your support with our transaction. Our Chair of the Building Committee and myself are so grateful for both your professionalism and for the personal commitments that you both made to support the School.

The matter required a quick resolution to ensure that the school was able to secure the facility promptly, as otherwise there was a risk they would lose their existing use of the site altogether. However thanks to the work of Morgan and James, as well as assistance from the wider team of Paul Watkins, Steve Thomas and Oliver Daniels the school was able to secure the site and the assets of the outgoing operator in a timely manner.

The team is knowledgeable, flexible, very engaging and highly responsive. They took care to understand our needs and priorities, gave well considered guidance, and looked after our interests while being pragmatic and enabling progress. They were tenacious in progressing challenges, and diligent in following up.

Helen Mutucumarana is the partner who led on our project, and I cannot speak highly enough of her approach. Helen was always prepared to make herself available, was forthcoming with advice and knowledge, and I especially appreciated her dedication in chasing down responses from the other party.

Helen Mutucumarana – commercially astute, hardworking and responsive, Helen is very experienced and highly regarded – an exceptional property lawyer.

National head of property development James Simpson and head of the Cambridge commercial real estate group Helen Mutucumarana, who has specialist experience in the life sciences, biotechnology, technology, media and emerging tech markets, are recognised leaders in their fields.