Baker & McKenzie is advising The Link Real Estate Investment Trust ("The Link REIT”) on its acquisition of Corporate Avenue 1 & 2 in Shanghai, PRC, for RMB6,600.86 million from Shui On Land Limited.  Comprising two Premium Grade A office towers and a connecting retail podium and pavilion with street shops and carparks thereunder, this is The Link REIT's first acquistion of a mixed-use property (office and retail) in Mainland China.  Completion of the acquisition is expected to take place on 24 August 2015.

Leading law firm Irwin Mitchell has advised global real estate advisory firm JLL on its acquisition of Bluu.

Bluu is an office design and fit-out specialist with offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester.  The acquisition will bolster JLL’s UK Tétris business, which provides design, fit out and refurbishment services to occupiers and landlords.

Dentons has advised the seller of a prime real estate portfolio in Budapest, which includes, among others, MOM Park Shopping Center and Offices, West End Business Center Offices, to a consortium consisting of Morgan Stanley, Wing and CC Real.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised London Executive Offices (LEO), the capital’s most exclusive provider of luxury office accommodation and high quality serviced office space, on the letting of The Sugar Building, located next to St Paul's Cathedral, from Lord Sugar’s privately owned real estate vehicle, Amsprop.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised one of London's leading residential developers Galliard Group on the £50 million investment by Singaporean property developer Oxley Holdings, for a 20% interest in the company.

CMS Poland acted as legal advisor to Bluehouse Capital Advisor Ltd in relation to the purchase of Malta House in Poznan from Skanska Property Poland. The scope of CMS’ work also involved advice on the structure of a joint venture and the financial aspects of the transaction.

Malta House - Skanska’s first office investment in Poznan - is a class A office complex located in close proximity to Lake Malta. The building - commissioned for use in July 2013 - offers 14,700 sqm of modern office space.

Macfarlanes has acted for the UK Property Income Fund II (“PIF II”) on the acquisition of The Grafton Centre in Cambridge.

The Grafton Centre was purchased from M&G Real Estate for £99m and comprises 500,000 sq ft of retail and leisure space, an eight-screen Vue cinema and a food court.

Hogan Lovells has advised long-standing client M&G Real Estate on the acquisition of 375,000 sq ft of office property space located on Calle Ríos Rosas in the central business district of Madrid for €175 million (£125 million). The transaction completed on Friday 24 July 2015.

The property will undergo substantial refurbishment following which it will be occupied by leading global marketing communications group WPP on a long term lease.

Dentons’ Real Estate team acted as legal counsel to Crestyl on the acquisition of a company owning several buildings on Wenceslas Square, a prime location in Prague, for further development of a mixed-use (office and retail) property scheme.

Dentons’ Real Estate team acted as legal counsel to Crestyl on the acquisition of a company owning several buildings on Wenceslas Square, a prime location in Prague, for further development of a mixed-use (office and retail) property scheme. The project, also referred to as Savarin Palace, was sold by Ballymore Properties.

Clifford Chance advised Aug. Prien Immobilien and a fund company managed by The Carlyle Group on the sale of the "BrahmsQuartier" office development in Hamburg to Allianz Real Estate Germany GmbH. The parties have agreed not to disclose any details of the purchase price.

The "BrahmsQuartier", which was completed in 2009, includes office space of around 26,500 m², along with 2,900 m² of additional space and approximately 540 parking spaces. The main tenants are Exxon Mobil and a law firm.