CMS Spring Seminar Series 2024 “Bricks & Mortar: The Life Cycle of Commercial Real Estate”

CMS is re-launching its Spring Seminars, a series of short presentations delivering practical and useful back-to-basics training on various real estate topics.

The Spring Seminars 2024 will consist of three sessions, two morning seminars with breakfast and one late afternoon seminar with drinks to follow, in each case giving you a perfect opportunity to network with your peers and CMS colleagues.

We encourage you to attend all three seminars, as they are intended as a series following a general theme and case study. That being said, each session will cover specific topics (set out below) and are largely self-contained presentations so please do join us even if you can just attend one or two.

The sessions will give an overview of common legal and practical issues and considerations encountered during the lifecycle of a building from acquisition to management and subsequent development. A very brief summary of each session is set out below.


Thursday 7 March | 08:00 - 10:00
Session 1: Acquisition and Management
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 Due Diligence (including reporting, replies to enquiries and searches)
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 Ongoing Management (including tenant applications and insolvency)
 • MEES



Thursday 14 March | 08:00 - 10:00
Session 2: Development (part 1)
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 Development Constraints (including title matters and neighbourly issues)
 • Rights of Light
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 Vacant Possession (inclucting 1954 Act issues and telecomms)






Thursday 21 March | 16:00 - 18:00
Session 3: Development (part 2)
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 Pre-lets (including HoTs and common conditions)
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 Construction (including procurement, appointments and warranties)
 • Planning (including section 106)

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