Cases and deals
Development
- Forward sales and pre-lets of units at a business park in Cambridgeshire owned by Frogmore Estates
- Development of motorway control centre
- Advice in connection with substantial development site in West London for industrial, retail, hotel, office and residential uses
- Mixed use development projects in Islington, Haringey and Newbury for Grainger Trust Limited
- Redevelopment of Bedford Town Centre West and Church Lane Neighbourhood for Bedford Borough Council
- Development of Lots Road Power Station for Circadian Limited
- Office developments in Maidenhead, Wokingham, Farnborough, Gateshead, Teesside and Newcastle and retail/mixed use developments in Blyth, Bishop Auckland, Edmonton and Ashington for Terrace Hill Group
- Joint venture acquisition and development of substantial residential sites at Montrose Place, Belgravia and Bankside 4, Southwark in joint venture between Clan Real Estate and the Grosvenor Developments Limited
- Developments at Castle Lane Bedford and Grove Park Dunstable for Complex Development Projects Limited
- Acquisition for development of Abbott House, Vanwall Burmerr Park, Maidenhead
- Site assembly and development and the negotiation of leasing documentation for a major gas fired power station. The project was valued at £500m
Development and end user
- Pre-let of substantial distribution depot from Prologis of 700,000 sq/ft
Development and investment
- Acquisition, development and letting of retail park in Havant
- Letting and leaseback of substantial distribution depot in excess of GIA 380,000 sq/ft
- Forward purchase of office development at Riverside, Sheffield for over £40m
- Forward purchase of shopping centre developments for over £70m and over £28m
End user
- Substantial pre-let of office space for top 20 city law firm
Investment
- Property aspects of the sale of electronics business with operations in 13 countries
- Management of over 30 substantial multi-let industrial estates for fund manager
- Portfolio sale of offices and industrial premises for over £24m
- The acquisition of a portfolio of shopping centre investments and mixed commercial UK investments totalling over £250m
- The acquisition of two landmark office investments in the City of London for £200m for an overseas investor
- Acting for Kandahar Real Estate Group on the property aspect of their £550m joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Group
- Acquisition of 1 Aldgate and 131 Finsbury Pavement London EC for IVG Asticus
- European property funds established for Marcol Group
- Investment acquisitions and disposals for CGIS Group and London & Oriental
- Acquisition of the Turner Building, Slough
- Acquisition of residential development site in central London
- Residential development agreement with Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation for former industrial estate in Letchworth
- Disposal of Aviation House, London
- Disposal of Centrica Headquarters at Windsor Office Park
- Letting of Level 3 at Plantation Place, Fenchurch Street, London
- Disposal of residential development site in Thames Gateway & SEEDA
- Purchase and letting of several substantial City and West End freehold buildings ranging from £24m to £150m. Some of the recent transactions in this area have been both very substantial and high profile involving the acquisition and disposal of several "trophy buildings"
Property finance
- Acquisition and funding of nursing home and business. Valued at £18m
- Various leisure industry transactions including the acquisition, funding and letting of several 5* hotels valued from £4m to £27m
- Acting for the developer upon the acquisition development and funding of a P.F.I funded hospital. Valued at £5m
Retail property
- Property aspects of flotation of Carphone Warehouse with over 400 UK properties
- Flagship stores trading units for various retail clients who include Zara, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, The Carphone Warehouse, Jigsaw, Aldo, Nokia, Ecco, Professional Cookware, Nokia and Sony Ericsson
- Acting for three internationally known retailers on their entry into the UK market
Moscow
- acting in acquisition of land plots in the Moscow region
- acting in acquisition of various office premises in the "Moscow Citi"
- acting in change of control over several construction investment projects in Moscow
- advising an international investment fund on issues of acquisition of certain real estate under construction
- advising investment vehicles on a number of issues/transactions involving acquisition and development of real estate in Moscow and Moscow Region
- advising Russian food oil manufacturer on construction of an oil processing plant in one of the Baltic states
- advising on licensing requirements for design / build projects
Middle East
- Assisted a Kuwaiti developer in a large residential development
- Consulting on the Dubai airport expansion
- Advising on the Palm Island project, which involves building a monorail system and six-lane tunnel through the Palm Jumeirah
- Advising on a US$4.2billion acquisition of a development site in Dubai, and on-going advice on management of the property elements following completion
- Reviewing and advising on leases and tenancy issues within the Dubai International Financial Centre
- Advising an upstream oil company on lease and property documents associated with a private finance scheme with a capital value of US$2.3billion
- Advising on the prospective purchase of 160 residential apartments within the Dubai International Financial Centre
- Acting for a developer client on the construction of a tower block in Dubai marina following joint venture arrangement
- Advising generally on property ownership issues throughout the GCC and surrounding countries