In today’s fast-moving corporate real estate market, clients face increasing complexity when structuring investments, managing risk, and securing value across multiple jurisdictions. Transactions often involve high-value assets, cross-border elements, and the need for seamless coordination between corporate and real estate specialists.
Investors, sellers and fund managers - ranging from real estate investment trusts, private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and high net worth individuals, to local authority and private pension schemes - seek clear, practical advice to navigate sophisticated structures and achieve their commercial goals. Many transactions require expertise in offshore vehicles, including special purpose vehicles and unit trusts in Luxembourg, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
Our team brings together deep corporate transactional knowledge and real estate insight, working collaboratively to deliver pragmatic, business-focused solutions. Our experience covers the full spectrum of asset classes and real estate sectors, ensuring clients receive advice tailored to their specific objectives.
The firm shows a high level of detail and diligence.’
Chambers 500 UK 2025
Clients choose us for our proven ability to manage complex, international transactions and deliver results that optimise value and minimise risk. Our integrated approach ensures clients benefit from firm-wide expertise and a truly global perspective.
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Expert advice on the acquisition or disposal of property through a corporate structure.
Recent experience includes:
- Advised on the £4 billion merger of LXi with Secure Income REIT plc. We advised on all aspects of the merger, including the substantial real estate due diligence exercise and the £385 million acquisition finance facility.
- Advised Schroder UK Real Estate Fund on the acquisition of mixed-use assets in Hammersmith, London, from the Matterhorn Palos Partnership for over £150 million.
- Advised Allianz Real Estate on its €315 million acquisition of the Nice Etoile shopping centre in Nice.
- Advised Tristan Capital Partners on the acquisition of Stirling Square, a prime office building in central London, from WELPUT.
- Advised Queensgate Investments on the circa £550 million disposal of the IHG-branded Kensington Forum Hotel.
Expert advice for strategic partnerships.
Recent experience includes:
- Advised Select Alternative Investments on its joint venture with a US Family Office and a UK property developer in relation to its acquisition, and subsequent development, of the former Diageo HQ in London.
- Advised many institutional investors (including Magnetar Capital, Tristan Capital and others) on their equity arrangements with developers and asset managers.
- Advised on the joint venture between LaSalle Investment Management (on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the West Yorkshire Pension Fund) and intu plc (and subsequent restructuring and insolvency advice following the administration of intu plc).
- Advised Zircom, the UK data centre experts, on a joint venture to develop and operate data centres in Morocco with local Moroccan partner Medasys.
Real estate advice to support corporate reorganisations.
Recent experience includes:
- Advised a UK family office on the reorganisation (and subsequent demerger) of its entire property portfolio worth in excess of £1 billion.
- Advised on the real estate, corporate, finance and tax aspects of a reorganisation of a portfolio of hotels within the United Kingdom.
- Advised on the £4 billion merger of LXi with Secure Income REIT plc. We advised on all aspects of the merger including the substantial real estate due diligence exercise and the £385 million acquisition finance facility.
Clear, efficient tax advice for complex transactions.
We provide clear, accessible structuring advice on complex transactions, ensuring tax-efficient, business-driven solutions.
Real estate taxation is a core area of expertise within the tax department.
For more information visit our Corporate Tax page.
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