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We have a 20-year track record providing honest, independent advice. We use our deep technical understanding of real estate and investment banking, together with our vast network of contacts to solve problems and help manage your reputation.

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We provide independent, trusted advice to public and private companies around a range of disciplines, each underpinned by experience, technical financial expertise and a vast network of contacts.

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Strategic Communications

Full-service communications support for projects or campaigns covering anything from corporate and financial PR to crisis management.

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Leveraging our investment banking experience, we bridge the gap between financial PR and regulated banks by providing tailored support.

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Solve problems or build campaigns to support local projects or policy change, through research, data analytics and planning expertise.

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Control your online reputation through social media management, data analytics, executive profiling and digital storytelling leveraging our experience in content production.

Insights

Having a strong technical understanding matters in a cyclical property market, where conviction and timing are of critical importance. Lauder Teacher consistently produces thoroughly researched, analytical thought leadership for our clients and the wider market. We are pleased to share some of our latest views and insights here.

The UK government’s proposed ban on upward-only rent reviews misunderstands today’s leasing landscape. Lease lengths have already shortened, flexibility is embedded, and market practices have evolved far beyond rigid clauses. Rather than legislating away a declining mechanism, policymakers should focus on the real issues facing the High Street—business rates, planning inertia, and economic revitalisation. Reform should follow evidence, not sentiment.

Image: Is debt set to drive Europe’s property market rebound

The London and Dublin stock exchanges are at a critical juncture. Once vibrant hubs of capital formation and economic dynamism, both are now facing a stark decline in primary market activity, such as IPOs.

Risk remains in the sector, but retail assets are certainly rebounding, with a number of large deals recently bolstering confidence.

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The real estate fund sector in the UK and Ireland continues to face mounting challenges, closing 2024 with full-year net outflows of £1.155 billion, according to the latest data from Calastone, the largest global funds network. This marks the seventh consecutive year of capital flight from the sector.

Podcasts

PropCast is an award-winning property podcast hosted by Andrew Teacher in association with Property Week. Since 2017, PropCast has interviewed CEOs and senior figures from every major listed and private investor, alongside a multitude of other exceptional guests. No topic is off the table. From finance and AI to development and construction, these unique and unscripted conversations navigate fascinating personal experiences and inspiring professional journeys, with plenty of humour and market insight thrown in for free.

In this week’s PropCast, Marshall, the current chair of the investment committee for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – offers a robust, clear-eyed assessment of how pension money should be managed, what’s wrong with government pooling proposals, and why most investors are paying too much in fees. The conversation, led by Andrew Teacher, was direct, illuminating, and refreshingly free from the usual fog of institutional platitudes.

Where does ESG find itself within real estate today, and does it have a future? This type of grand strategy within the sector is what Jon Lovell, co-founder of Hillbreak, is best placed to guide, given his role as one of the first movers and shakers in the industry to recognise the need for bridging the gap between financiers and the narrative-driving sustainability types. This week’s PropCast, with Andrew Teacher and in partnership with Property Week, seeks to engage with the big questions, ranging from the huge risk and opportunity of stranded assets, the looming deadline for 2030 net zero targets, the skills deficit on both sides of the ESG fence and, perhaps most importantly, the profound implications of the Paris Accord’s 1.5°C goal being effectively dead in the water.