Starwood Capital Group and SveaReal Fastigheter have announced that the two parties have signed an agreement whereby an affiliate of Starwood plans to acquire SveaReal. SveaReal is a property company owning 79 properties in Sweden with approx. 838,000 square meters of gross leasable area. The transaction is conditional upon approval by a shareholders' meeting in SveaReal and the approval by the Swedish Competition Authority.

Castellum’s wholly owned subsidiary Fastighets AB Briggen has divested two properties in Malmö to MKB Fastighets AB for SEK 237 million. The main property comprises 40,500 square metres of storage, office, industrial and mixed-use facilities for, among others, healthcare and education providers.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Renhe Commercial Holdings Company Limited on its “trilogy” transactions which consist of proposed rights issue, bank financing and tender offers. Once completed, the rights issue will be the first to be conducted by an eligible Hong Kong Stock Exchange issuer since the commencement of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect.

Klépierre has signed an agreement relating to the acquisition of 60 % of the investment company Massalia Shopping Mall, in charge of the development of the Prado shopping centre, a new and emblematic 23.000 m² shopping centre ideally located in the heart of Marseille, the second–largest city in France. Klépierre purchased the project from Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate, together with a private real estate investment company.

BEITEN BURKHARDT has provided advice to Kauri CAB Management GmbH (KCM) and Apeiron Capital, London/Stockholm on the structuring and financing of an international real estate joint venture with an internationally operating state fund.

BEITEN BURKHARDT has then assisted with the acquisition and financing of the first portfolio of 61 mainly residential buildings with some 120,000 square meters leasable area in Berlin/Brandenburg (70 percent) and Magdeburg (30 percent) for a purchase price of EUR 130m.

Thommessen is acting for Norwegian Property ASA (NPRO) in connection with the offer from Geveran.

In 2014 Thommessen has acted on all capital market transactions within the real property industry related to shares on Oslo Stock Exchange.

Geveran already owns 37,54 % of the company. The offer period runs from and including 18 December 2014 to 15 January 2015.

Besides acting for NPRO, Thommessen has in 2014 acted for Entra in its IPO and BWG Homes in connection with the offer from OBOS.

Nabarro has advised Hammerson on the development aspects of its £70m WestQuay Watermark Mixed Use development in Southampton City Centre. The scheme will deliver a 10 screen cinema, up to 20 restaurants and a high quality new public plaza. Significant work will start on site in early 2015 and opening is scheduled for Autumn 2016.

Allens is advising CCCC International Holdings on its proposed acquisition of one of Australia's leading engineering and contracting services providers, John Holland, from Leighton Holdings.

CCCI is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company, a company listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges and the fourth largest construction company in the world by revenue.

UNIBAIL-RODAMCO SE and its German subsidiary mfi management für immobilien AG (“mfi”) instructed Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) to advise on its high-profile new development. The firm assisted on all legal and tax matters relating to the urban planning and acquisition of land covering a total of 228,000m² in Uberseequartier in HafenCity in Hamburg. WFW advised on real estate, corporate, public and tax law as well as on matters relating to previous financing documentation.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the funders to the Aberdeen Roads Limited Consortium (Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Galliford Try) in connection with the contract to design, build, finance and operation (DBFO) the A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route / Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR / B–T route) project in Scotland. The project, worth £745 million is being delivered in partnership by Transport Scotland, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council. The Project achieved a successful financial close on Friday December 12, 2014.