GSK Stockmann + Kollegen has advised ADLER Real Estate AG, Frankfurt/M. comprehensively on the acquisition of all shares of MountainPeak Trading Limited. MountainPeak itself holds a 24.79% stake in conwert Immobilien Invest SE, Vienna – one of the leading real estate holding companies in the German speaking area and with residential and commercial properties in Austria and Germany.

With this strategic investment, ADLER pursues its growth strategy to become a leading residential real estate company.

Dentons’ real estate team has advised TPG Real Estate, the real estate platform of global private investment firm TPG, on the acquisition of TriGranit, one of Europe’s largest, privately owned developers and managers of retail and office assets. As part of the transaction, TPG Real Estate acquired nearly 30 vehicles in four countries, including TriGranit’s entire portfolios in Poland, Slovakia and Croatia, as well as selected assets in Hungary.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has advised New Century Asset Management Limited, manager of the Hong Kong-listed New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (New Century REIT), on an approximately RMB380 million (US$59 million) acquisition of New Century Grand Hotel Kaifeng in China. The transaction was completed on July 31, 2015.

Ashurst has advised Almacantar on the financing for the forward purchase of two significant office developments at One and Two Southbank Place from Braeburn Estates, a joint venture between Canary Wharf and Qatari Diar. The transaction at over £550 million is the largest property deal ever completed on London's South Bank.

Clifford Chance has advised the joint venture between Helical Bar plc and funds managed by The Baupost Group LLC on the sale of their jointly owned company that owns One Bartholomew Close, London EC1, to clients of Ashby Capital LLP (“Ashby”) for £102.4 million.

SIG plc (“SIG”), Europe’s leading specialist solutions provider to the construction industry has announced the acquisition of the Ainsworth Group for an undisclosed sum.

The Ainsworth Group is a distributor of thermal, acoustic, fire and building insulation products operating from six branches across the South East, South West, Midlands and Wales. The Business has a strong position in the Technical Insulation market, with an excellent reputation for service and technical support.
 

Dentons has advised Skanska on the sale of its first office project in Poznan, the Malta House office building, to a joint venture between investment vehicles managed by Bluehouse Capital Advisor and REINO Partners. This is Skanska’s second transaction with REINO Partners. Last year REINO Partners acquired from Skanska one of the two buildings of Kapelanka 42 office complex in Cracow which the Dentons' team also advised on.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Beijing Capital Land Ltd. on its issuance of 1,000,000,000 domestic shares to its controlling shareholder, Beijing Capital Group Co., Ltd.

Beijing Capital Land Ltd. is an investment holding company engaged in real estate development and investment, hotel operation and property consulting services and investment holding. It is an H-share listed issuer on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The issuance is valued at RMB3.08 per share (equivalent to approximately HK$3.90), raising gross proceeds of approximately HK$3.9 billion.

CMS has advised Bluehouse Capital on the acquisition of the Alchemia I office building in Gdansk (Poland). The complex was purchased by a joint venture created by Bluehouse Capital and Reino Partners. The building was previously owned by Torus, a developer from Gdansk that mainly specialises in the construction and commercialisation of modern office space.

Alchemia I, located in Gdansk Oliwa, is a complex from 2013 offering 16,700 square meters of office and more than 4.000 square meters of accompanying space with a sports and recreation centre.

Corporate real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle acquires AVM Partners, a leading Turkish shopping center management company known for Palladium, 212 AVM, and Neoplus.

"We were pleased to advise JLL on this strategic acquisition. JLL and AVM Partners are major players in Turkey's real estate sector and this acquisition paves the way for JLL's further expansion due to the combined expertise of both companies," commented Partner Duygu Turgut.