Real Estate

Our Real Estate Work

• All
• Middle East
• UK & Europe

• Acting for U+I Group Plc

  Acting for U+I Group Plc on numerous residential led mixed use regeneration projects, including Preston Barracks, The Deptford Project, Clapham One, Bromley South Central, The Old Vinyl Factory, Circus Street, Brighton, Sittingbourne Town Centre, Holborn Library and the regeneration of a 24-acre site adjacent to Piccadilly Station.

  UK & Europe

  Joint Venture with Transport for London

  Advising Grainger plc on their landmark Connected Living joint venture with TfL to develop a portfolio of residential BTR schemes across London. We also advised Grainger on their development joint venture with the London borough of Lewisham.

  United Kingdom

  Majority Stake Share Disposal

  Advising Wilmott Dixon on the disposal of a majority stake in its Be Living residential development business to Ecoworld Berhad. 

  United Kingdom

  Sale of a Real Estate Investment SPV

  Acting for the Sellers in relation to the sale of a real estate investment SPV which owned industrial warehousing units built in the 1980s constructed over ground and first floors.

  United Kingdom

  De-merger Restructure of City & Provincial Properties

  Advising on a multi-step tax driven restructure of an existing company group in conjunction with PWC through a demerger.  

  United Kingdom

  Sale of the Meteor Shopping Centre, Derby

  Advising on the strategic corporate sale of the Luxembourg vehicle owning the Meteor Shopping Centre, Derby, by the Ares Investment Group.

  United Kingdom

  €500 million sale of Luxemburg SPV

  Advising on the sale of the Luxembourg holding company that owns One Braham, the newly developed office building that is to be the global headquarters of BT, acknowledged (at the time of completion) as the largest real estate investment transaction in London that year.

  Luxembourg

  Acquisition and development finance (including mezzanine financing)

  Advising on the acquiring of a site at London Fields, Warburton Road, Hackney for a GDV of £65m. The site is to be developed to comprise 58 dwellings with commercial spaces.

  United Kingdom

  Acquisition and development of a residential led mixed use development

  Of some 1.2m sq ft at a former commercial building in Blackfriars, working alongside Network Rail. GDV in excess of £1.5bn.

  United Kingdom

  Acquisition of a site in the Lake District for construction of a new 70 bed hotel

  In an area of outstanding natural beauty. Accordingly, this was extremely sensitive from a planning perspective and local occupiers. We satisfied the planning condition and completion of the acquisition of the site, the entry into an agreement for lease for a market rent occupational interest in respect of the whole site to a hotel chain, and the forward funding of the development costs associated.  

  United Kingdom
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• Advising on a JV and development agreement for a landmark location in Cairo

  Advising the local owner of the land on a joint venture and development agreement for the purposes of constructing a unique commercial and residential real estate project in a landmark location in Cairo.

  Egypt

  Mixed-use real estate development in Cairo

  Advising a sovereign investment fund ​in relation to a mixed-use real estate development in Cairo, Egypt

  Egypt

• Acting for U+I Group Plc

  Acting for U+I Group Plc on numerous residential led mixed use regeneration projects, including Preston Barracks, The Deptford Project, Clapham One, Bromley South Central, The Old Vinyl Factory, Circus Street, Brighton, Sittingbourne Town Centre, Holborn Library and the regeneration of a 24-acre site adjacent to Piccadilly Station.

  UK & Europe

  Majority Stake Share Disposal

  Advising Wilmott Dixon on the disposal of a majority stake in its Be Living residential development business to Ecoworld Berhad. 

  United Kingdom

  Sale of a Real Estate Investment SPV

  Acting for the Sellers in relation to the sale of a real estate investment SPV which owned industrial warehousing units built in the 1980s constructed over ground and first floors.

  United Kingdom

  Joint Venture with Transport for London

  Advising Grainger plc on their landmark Connected Living joint venture with TfL to develop a portfolio of residential BTR schemes across London. We also advised Grainger on their development joint venture with the London borough of Lewisham.

  United Kingdom

  Sale of the Meteor Shopping Centre, Derby

  Advising on the strategic corporate sale of the Luxembourg vehicle owning the Meteor Shopping Centre, Derby, by the Ares Investment Group.

  United Kingdom

  De-merger Restructure of City & Provincial Properties

  Advising on a multi-step tax driven restructure of an existing company group in conjunction with PWC through a demerger.  

  United Kingdom

  €500 million sale of Luxemburg SPV

  Advising on the sale of the Luxembourg holding company that owns One Braham, the newly developed office building that is to be the global headquarters of BT, acknowledged (at the time of completion) as the largest real estate investment transaction in London that year.

  Luxembourg

  Acting for an international home improvement company

  Secured a pre-let agreement in relation to their new London headquarters at an annual rent of £2m+.

  United Kingdom

  Acting for a private asset management firm on their entry to the UK shopping centre market

  Secured deals comprising four shopping centres with an aggregate value of £27.2m.

  United Kingdom

  Acting for a major home improvement retailer

  In relation to a significant re-gear project affecting 77 leases representing an annual saving of between £7m and £9.5m (a 15-20% of aggregate rental liability).

  United Kingdom
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