Our focus is you

Our team of partners and solicitors can offer a truly bespoke service to clients wishing to acquire or dispose of residential property. Technical excellence and ease of communication will be paramount, and we understand that you will want to have absolute confidence in our ability to deliver.

Our specialist residential conveyancing team can provide the following:

  • Advice and support throughout the buying and selling process
  • Liaison with your lender and other professional advisers
  • Advice on any planning aspects including Listed Building consents
  • Assistance with the sale or purchase of property at auction
  • Advice regarding the grant or termination of any tenancy arrangements
  • Lease extensions
  • Guidance through the statutory requirements for disposal of multi-tenanted property
  • Freeholder consent for alterations relevant to leasehold property

Our commercial real estate solicitors have offices in London and across the South East including Gatwick and CrawleyHassocksHorshamBrighton and Guildford.

Please note that visits to our office is by appointment only. If you wish to contact one of our commercial real estate solicitors you can do via our online enquiry form.

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Recent work

Sectors

Sectors
  • Charities (4)
  • Education (2)
  • Energy, Renewables, Mining and Utilities (1)
  • Hospitality, Hotels and Leisure (2)
  • Professional Services (1)

Acquisition

Acquisition of Commercial Investment

Acting on the acquisition of a substantial commercial investment, comprising three commercial units at ground floor, with the upper residential parts sold off on a long lease.

Commercial Real Estate

Promotion Agreement for Delivery of 30 New Homes

Advising on the promotion agreement for the development of land in East Sussex for the delivery of around 30 new homes. The transaction required a problem-solving approach to address constraints caused by the need to construct a new drainage system on third party land, the existence of telecommunications masts and apparatus, and the existence of an adopted water main running through the site.

Development and Regeneration

Acquisitions and commercial leases

Large Property Portfolio

Advising the trustees of a charity in relation to the considerable property portfolio held, which includes over 60 units of commercial and residential property (valued at approximately £30m+).

Commercial Real Estate

Acquisition

Acquisition of a Grade A Office Space

Acting on the acquisition of a high value lease of Grade A office space in Brighton. The transaction was challenging as the lease terms and tenant works were heavily negotiated throughout and there were various title issues that required complex indemnity insurance products to resolve.

Commercial Real Estate

Merger

Hospice Merger

Supported on the merger of two hospices creating a combined group of three hospices and a charity shop network of over 30 retails units and distribution centres. The work included complex due diligence and exit arrangements from the substantial temporary premises in use prior to the merger.

Commercial Real Estate

Residential Redevelopment

Advising on the unconditional purchase of a redundant children’s care home for residential redevelopment. The team negotiated a bespoke transaction structure to address issues caused by a protected species being identified on the site at the very last minute.

Housebuilding

Lease advice

Ensuring a charity’s standard lease was both simple, given the nature of the lettings it would be used for, and fit for securing its purpose, including business rates mitigation.

Commercial Real Estate

International Legal Advice

We provided employment/immigration, commercial, real estate, dispute resolution and intellectual property services to support expansion/consolidation into the UK market.

Freehold premises acquisition

Advising on the acquisition of freehold premises intended for use as preschool and kindergarten facilities, incorporating overage provisions for the benefit of the seller.

Commercial Real Estate

College property development

Supporting a large South East college on a major development project.

Development and Regeneration

Insights

Insights

DMH Stallard advises Sygna Holdings shareholders on majority investment by Apleona

DMH Stallard has advised the shareholders of Sygna Holdings Limited on the sale of a majority stake in the business to leading European integrated facilities management company Apleona.

16/07/2026

Insights

Is the M&A market heating up?

Traditionally, a period of international instability and low business growth is not good for investor confidence, with the result that prices and deal volumes drop; but that is not what we are seeing.

15/07/2026

Events

Employment Rights Reforms: What has changed and what can we expect next? 9 September 2026

Join our online workshop where our employment law experts will provide a practical update on the reforms already in force,  what changes are on the horizon, and discuss what employers and HR teams should be doing to plan ahead.

Insights

DMH Stallard advises on Aquis IPO

DMH Stallard LLP has advised Allenby Capital Limited on its role as Aquis Corporate Adviser to Reveille Resources PLC

08/07/2026

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