Real Estate

If you’re searching for first-class legal advice on commercial, residential, property development, property dispute resolution, planning or agricultural property matters, look no further. We combine a large team with exceptional service and a competitive rate. We can support you on a whole range of property advice, from buying and selling houses to all aspects of commercial property projects, like the building, funding and delivery of huge real estate projects.

Our real estate team in Cardiff

Meet the team

Our experience

As leaders and innovators in our field, our team of specialist real estate lawyers has experience in areas like planning law, large development projects – from funding to finish – landlord and tenant law and construction contracts. We can also advise you on areas such as the acquisition and management of real estate through pension funds, and property disputes.

We have specialists in niche sectors such as education, healthcare, development, planning, construction, finance and plot sales – as well as a core strength in traditional commercial and residential property transactions.

From the beginning of our relationship, through to the end, we’ll tailor our advice based on your needs. The information we give is always up-to-date, accurate and practical. Should we need to, we’re able to draw on the specialist expertise of our construction and planning colleagues, so you receive the very best service.

Our clients

Our clients are based both in the UK and internationally, and include companies and organisations in the public and private sectors. These cover areas as diverse as residential development, banking, logistics, leisure, offices, healthcare, education, and energy and renewables. We act for real estate investors, tenants, landlords, banks, pension funds and developers providing commercially-focused and practical advice.

From the outset, we’ll work with you to get a full understanding of your aims. If a problem arises that threatens to derail the project, whether that’s disputes over construction or rent issues for tenants, we’ll work proactively and efficiently to get the best outcome for you. We have a leading service-focused residential conveyancing team, offering unrivalled levels of service.

Services from our Real Estate team

Recognition of our work

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Legal 500 2026 – Top Tier Firm

Legal 500 2026 – Top Tier Firm

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Hear what our clients say about us

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

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

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

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

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

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

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

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

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

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

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.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

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.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

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

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

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.

The Legal 500 2025 Real Estate

The Legal 500 2025 said “HCR Law continues to expand its team in Cambridge, as it cements its place in the elite group of local firms” and that the Cambridge Real Estate team “knows the UK property market inside out”.

The Legal 500 2025 Real Estate

Caitlin has supported us through a transfer of land from our neighbours property and she has been so helpful.

Any time we sent an email checking in for an update she quickly responded with all the actions she had taken. She has been really helpful and proactive throughout the whole process despite the land registry taking so long.

It has been a pleasure working with her!

Client Testimonial Land Transfer

We’d like to thank Tom Matthews at HCR Law for his exceptional support throughout these transactions.

Tom has consistently gone above and beyond, successfully dealing with every curveball that came our way.

Cornerstone Finance Group Client testimonial

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