Real Estate Development

Using deep industry knowledge and foresight to help you grasp real estate development opportunities and generate value over the long term.

We have market leading development teams working on complex development and regeneration projects around the world.

From planning to procurement, delivery, and ultimate letting and disposal, we will work as part of your real estate development team throughout the lifecycle of a project.

We have advised on some of the largest and most high-profile mixed-use and skyscraper developments.

Our fully integrated team has the strength and depth across all key practices required to successfully and seamlessly complete any kind of development project.

Hear from our clients and industry leaders

Renowned for its ‘top-class’ service, Hogan Lovells International LLP undertakes high-value and complex real estate work, advising on major development schemes, strategic corporate headquarters relocations, offshore energy transitions, and leasing structures."

Legal 500 UK 2025 Commercial Property

Hogan Lovells superbly handles sophisticated and complex real estate transactions and provides exceptional representation."

Chambers USA 2025: Real Estate (this is a client )

The lawyers at Hogan Lovells are really excellent. When it comes to difficult deals where you need lots of structure and expertise I get in touch with them."

Chambers Germany 2025: Real Estate (this is a client quote)

Key contacts

Nicholas Roberts

Partner

Nicholas Roberts

Partner

London

Hannah Quarterman

Partner

Hannah Quarterman

Partner

London

Ross F. Moskowitz

Partner

Ross F. Moskowitz

Partner

New York

Karen Scanna

Partner

Karen Scanna

Partner

New York

Meet the Real Estate Development team

Representative experience

Resorts World New York City, the city’s only racino-hotel, in the submission of its bid for a commercial casino license to the New York State Gaming Commission — a key step toward advancing its proposed US$5.5 billion expansion. The 5.6 million-square-foot project would transform RWNYC into a world-class integrated resort featuring entertainment, gaming, dining, recreation, and public amenities.

King’s Cross Central Partnership on various aspects of the award winning £2bn King’s Cross Central mixed use redevelopment project, in particular on development delivery, place making, utilities (including CHP), retail strategy and retail and leisure lettings.

The joint venture between Cirrus Workforce Housing and LCOR Incorporated in connection with the redevelopment of the long-vacant Flushing Airport site in Queens, New York — a major milestone in the city’s effort to address its housing crisis. The transformative project will bring approximately 3,000 new residential units to the College Point neighborhood, with units ranging from deeply affordable to market-rate housing, with a focus on middle-income New Yorkers.

The Crown Estate on the multi-billion pound award winning 2023 offshore wind agreements for lease and leasing project as part of an exclusive mandate advising on all offshore energy and CO2 storage development projects in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

10 Hudson Yards on its US$2.15 billion equity recapitalization of 10 Hudson Yards; part of the largest private development undertaken in New York City since the 1930s.*

British Land on its transformation of 1 Triton Square as part of the Regent’s Place life sciences and innovation hub, including on its joint venture with Royal London.

Olympic Sports Program on the development of a new, state-of-the art Olympic sports facility that will serve as one of the venues for the LA 2028 Summer Olympic Games.

Awards and recognitions

Top Tier for Real Estate Development, Corporate Occupiers and Real Estate Disputes

Legal 500 UK

2025

Real Estate Practice Group of the Year

Law 360

2021, 2022 and 2023

Real Estate Legal Team of the Year

The British Legal Awards

2023

UK Real Estate Legal Team of the Year

Estates Gazette Awards

2023 and 2021

Best in Industry – Law Firm of the Year

Commercial Real Estate Brokers Association

2025

Top authors for real estate thought leadership

JDSUPRA Readers’ Choice Awards

2025

Top Tier for Real Estate law

JUVE

2025

Top law firm for Real Estate

WirtschaftsWoche

2024

Resources

Reimagining Real Estate Hub

Reimagining Real Estate: successful strategies for a changing real estate landscape, including how to accommodate new, emerging uses, and how to address obsolescence of existing buildings

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Politics of Housing Hub

Politics of housing: insights into how governments are working with the real estate sector to meet housing demand now and in the future

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Microgeneration Hub

Microgeneration and the future of energy: identifying opportunities for investment in localized energy generation, including dealing with legal complexities across the value chain

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