Chris is a partner in the commercial real estate team and heads up the Living and Life Sciences sectors, with a broad range of experience across all aspects of investment, development and asset management work, as well as strategic land advice. Chris specialises in capital transactions and active management of office parks (including research & development, fitted & lab-enabled buildings and incubator spaces), as well as retail assets (with a particular focus on the repositioning of town-centre shopping centres). He also has notable experience in site assembly, collaboration and land promotion agreements (acting for promoters and owners), and has a deep knowledge of development projects acting for institutional investors, student accommodation developers and educational institutions.