Direct real estate: 

• Acting over a 9+ year period for a sovereign wealth fund in respect of a premium central London residential estate with a GDV of over £4bn, including on restructuring its holding into a sovereign immune structure, over £1bn of financing in numerous tranches, development matters, VAT structuring in respect of ongoing operations, and the eventual letting and sale of completed units.
• Advising Land Securities on its development, pre-let, and c.£800m forward sale of 21 Moorfields - Deutsche Bank’s UK headquarters and the 2025 City of London Building of the Year.

Corporate M&A:

• Acting for McWin-backed L’Osteria on its acquisition of the Pizza Pilgrims restaurant chain from its founders.
• Acting for a US private equity house on its acquisition of a 49% stake in a UK software developer specialising in bookings software for the leisure sector.

Corporatised real estate/finance: 

• Acting for: (1) a UK developer on the sale to a consortium of international investors of a 25% stake in a joint venture holding a central London property; and (2) the joint venture structure as borrower on an associated £360m financing in order to facilitate future development of the underlying property.
• Acting for a global investment firm on its concurrent acquisitions from three separate sellers of three separate structures holding logistics properties valued at between £45m-£85m, alongside the c.£115m refinancing of those structures.

Finance (borrower)/direct real estate: 

• Leading BCLP tax input into a private equity fund’s c.£500m acquisition and £345m financing of a portfolio of 15+ UK properties, including industrial, retail, office and residential use, plus the corporate acquisition of associated entities.

Finance (lender): 

• Acting for a lending bank on the £305m mixed investment and development financing of three central London properties, to facilitate the development of a new “sky lounge”.