Portfolio Management

We work with clients to acquire or dispose of properties and advise on all management issues.

Recent experience includes:

• Advised M7 on the sale of its prime portfolio of London-centric retail parks to ICG Real Estate.
• Advised Farran Investments & Golden Tree Asset Management on the acquisition of the property portfolio of abrdn Property Income Trust by way of acquisition of its entire share capital, totalling £351 million.
• Advising Aver Property on the acquisition, development, letting, and disposal of a portfolio of logistics sites across the UK.
• Advised the Langham Estate on the disposal of a portfolio of 27 mixed-use properties for an aggregate price in excess of £344 million.
• Advised M&G Real Estate on the acquisition of nine multi-let industrial assets from Patrizia for £165 million.  

For further advice please contact Simon Brading or Stewart Scott.

We work with clients to help them effectively negotiate lease terms with tenants.

Recent experience includes:

• Advising The Langham Estate on the management of its mixed-use portfolio of over 100 properties in London’s West End.
• Advising a private family office in relation to management of a property portfolio, including lease re-gear and vacant possession strategies.
• Advising M7 on the day-to-day management on several of its portfolios of properties throughout England and Wales, including on acquisitions and disposals.
• Advising Schroders on the management of its large, mixed-use portfolio across multiple funds in all parts of the UK.
• Advising M&G Real Estate on its £750 million light industrial and logistics portfolio, across 50 industrial estates in the UK.

For further advice please contact Simon Brading or Stewart Scott.

Our team works with clients to optimise value from their portfolios.

Recent experience includes:

• Leading on all aspects of a combined sale, JV and financing forming part of the creation of Active Growth Logistics Partnership and ongoing management of 58 industrial assets in line with the client's wider investment strategies.
• Advised Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI) on their merger with abrdn Property Income Trust to create a combined group with a portfolio with around 200 assets in excess of £1 billion.
• Advised Rynda Healthcare on its financing of a portfolio of care homes worth in excess of £100 million.

For further advice please contact Simon Brading or Stewart Scott.

We work with clients to ensure their portfolios adhere to current regulations, standards, and laws.  This includes elements such as compliance with environmental standards and green lease requirements, compliance with evolving critical legislation such as the Building Safety Act, as well as broader compliance with matters such as financial crime regulations.

• Advised Langham Estate on compliance requirements relating to Higher Risk Buildings and the Building Safety Act within its portfolio.
• Advising a West End Estate on its obligations relating to service charges and disposals in the context of residential and mixed-use buildings in its portfolio.

For further advice please contact Simon Brading or Stewart Scott.

We advise clients with international portfolios across multiple jurisdictions.

Recent experience includes:

• Advised LXi REIT Plc on the £773 million refinancing of its portfolio of pan-European assets via three facilities funded by Canada Life, HSBC and a club of institutional lenders including Lloyds and Barclays Bank.
• Advised Inspired Education Group on its acquisition of the Alpha Plus Group from DV4 at an enterprise value of over £230 million. Inspired’s portfolio includes 110 schools in 24 countries. We continued to act in ongoing matters on this portfolio.

For further advice please contact Simon Brading or Stewart Scott.