From wellness amenities to stranded assets: leading real estate partners give their 2024 predictions
Following a year of high interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty and inflation, the real estate sector would be forgiven for feeling…
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Simpson Thacher and CC act on $12.2bn real estate sale of Logicor to CIC
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised Blackstone and China Investment Corporation (CIC) respectively, as Blackstone announced…
‘Unclear how it works’: BLP launches challenge as business rates look set to top £1bn a year
Changes could mean a one-third increase for City offices With bank debt and real estate costs two of the most…
‘Enduring strength’: HSF, BLP and Mayer Brown advise as £1bn offer made for the Cheesegrater
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Mayer Brown are leading as Chinese Investment Group CC Land is…
Crown Estate turns to BLP for lucrative central London portfolio
Following a review process announced last year, The Crown Estate has given Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) the sole mandate for…
‘A landmark for the industry’: BLP and Nabarro advise CBRE on £1.4bn flagship property fund merger
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Nabarro acted opposite Eversheds and Mayer Brown on CBRE Global Investors’ merger of its UK…
Linklaters and DLA Piper advise on City’s tallest skyscraper 1 Undershaft
The second tallest building in Western Europe is set for the City, as Linklaters and DLA Piper picked up key…
Freshfields and Hengeler act as Blackstone inks largest European real estate deal this year
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have won spots advising as Blackstone Group purchased a portfolio of offices from IVG…
Goodbye Fleet Street: Freshfields picks 100 Bishopsgate for new headquarters
After doubling space at its Manchester low cost-hub last year, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to sign a new lease in…
Kirkland wins first mandate from Singapore’s GIC in biggest European real estate deal of the year
Kirkland & Ellis has advised opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in the largest European real estate transaction of the year as…
The finance view: Bespoke and busy – no return to the cookie cutter but plenty of creative lawyering for City’s property finance teams
Victoria Young reviews the changing property finance landscape Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) head of real estate finance Naveen Vijh surveys…
HSF and Jones Day lead firms on £1.4bn London housing JV
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Jones Day were among a raft of firms that advised the investors behind residential schemes at…
Real estate, financial integration and Maher: the particulars of the ambitious BLP/Greenberg union
Firm leaders discuss selling points as deal goes to a vote As Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) closes in on its…
The legislative framework for ‘trapped’ property buyers
Andreas Haviaras and Stalo Papoui of Haviaras & Philippou discuss the new development in Cypriot property law. The main problem…
Greenberg Traurig builds European real estate team with 12-lawyer hire from A&O and Norton Rose
In a bid to enhance its real estate offering in Central Europe, Greenberg Traurig last month recruited 12 lawyers to…
275,000 sqft: Clifford Chance and BLP advise on Deloitte lease with Land Securities
Clifford Chance (CC) and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have both landed a significant instruction on accountancy giant Deloitte’s major pre-let…
Job openings: Vacancies at real estate legal teams expand quickest in the City in 2014 as legal job market grows
In an indication of the legal job market’s growing strength, research analysing vacancy rates at law firms has shown that…
Selling icons: Linklaters and Michelmores lead on New Scotland Yard sale
The HQ for London bobbies for almost 50 years, Magic Circle firm Linklaters was charged by Abu Dhabi Financial Group…
‘Trophy assets’: Bakers and Taylor Wessing lead on Gherkin sale
Baker & McKenzie and Taylor Wessing helped finalise the sale of London’s iconic Gherkin building to the Safra Group for…
The Friday Edit: Property is hot once more and the dangers of upsetting Susan
We’re halfway through November and it’s Friday, so here’s our regular look back at some of the stories that have…