“Philip Beer would be my go-to person for large scale public sector or transport connected development.”
Legal 500 UK, 2025
About
Philip is a highly experienced real estate lawyer, who specialises in advising both public and private sector clients on major regeneration and redevelopment projects – in particular in relation to transport-orientated development projects. He also advises on the real estate aspects of large-scale, high-profile transport, energy and infrastructure deals.
He leads the firm’s Development and Regeneration sub-sector team, which is a key part of our Built Environment sector group.
Philip is a member of the Development Committee of the British Property Federation and is at the forefront of thinking regarding better public-private partnership working for major development projects. He also spearheads thinking on transport-orientated development projects across the UK – helping to curate and chairing the annual UK Stations & Property Summit. This summit drives thinking about city/town centre regeneration by making the most of land/assets at and around railway stations.
He is also head of the firm’s Asia Pacific team, which advises clients on inward investment deals into the UK, particularly in the built environment and energy sectors.
Experience
- Weavers Cross, Belfast: Advising Translink on the procurement of a development partner for the once-in-a-generation redevelopment of surplus railway land around Belfast’s new £350 million Grand Central Station – creating a new destination for Belfast.
- Transport for Wales: Advising on the transfer of the track and assets comprising the Core Valley lines from Network Rail – a first-of-a-kind transaction.
- A metropolitan transport operator: Advising on the procurement and establishment of a new public-private corporate joint venture with a mission to create new public EV charging hubs on surplus transport land across London.
- Greater London Authority: Advising on housing and employment-led development projects with over £3 billion GDV across the Royal Docks Opportunity Area.
- ENGIE Group: Advising on the decommissioning of the former Rugeley power station, proposals for its development for 1,500 new low-carbon homes and structures for the disposal of the site to housebuilders.
- YTL: Advising on the regeneration of the former Filton airfield (the birthplace of Concorde), creating a new community of 6,500 homes, 30,000 new jobs and a new 19,000 seat arena in the iconic Brabazon hangars.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (1998)