LG and Burges Salmon have been appointed to the Crown Estate’s urban portfolio panel following a competitive tender process led jointly by legal director Vivienne King and senior counsel Alex Peeke.

The appointments will take effect on 1 April 2011 and see Burges Salmon reappointed for a three-year term to the Crown’s St James’s portfolio, which it has been working on since 2005, with LG winning a first-time appointment to the Crown’s regional portfolio.