Greenberg Traurig has advised Swiss Life Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Swiss Life KVG), in cooperation with BEOS AG, on the purchase of "Laetitia" portfolio consisting of 32 commercial properties at locations throughout Germany. The properties form the seed portfolio of the new open-ended real estate specialty AIF's CREFG IV, which is managed by BEOS AG. The seller of the portfolio is Aurelis Real Estate. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (Warburg-HIH Invest) acquired the “Güterhallen” freight halls in Altona from Aurelis Real Estate. A team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office, advised the investment manager on the acquisition. The freight halls with an area of some 15,846 square meters are part of Hamburg’s “Mitte Altona” district development and are to be incorporated into an individual fund. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

International law firm Clifford Chance has advised the project developer Dietz AG on the sale of a new distribution center in Peine for €81.6 million. The buyer was the UK-based logistics investor Tritax EuroBox plc, which acquired its first property in Germany by way of a share deal. Within the framework of the off-market transaction, Dietz AG acted as asset manager for Tritax EuroBox plc and will keep a smaller stake in the property.

DLA Piper represented Avison Young, a Toronto-based global commercial real estate services firm, in its acquisition of GVA, a London-based leading real estate advisory-led business, and the related financing transactions.

On Nov. 8, 2018, ?aqam Community Enterprises (ACE) and Nupqu Development Corporation purchased D&B Flagging and Traffic Control Ltd.

ACE is the development corporation for the ?aqam community. Nupqu is the development corporation for the Ktunaxa Nation of which ?aqam is one of four communities.

D&B is a full service traffic control and flagging company, serving southeastern British Columbia and Alberta, that has a fleet of modern trucks, safety equipment, signage, radios and pilot vehicles.

Linklaters has advised Katara Hospitality, a leading global hotel owner, developer and operator based in Qatar, on the acquisition of the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, London. Katara is owned by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).The hotel is leased to Marriott Hotels.
 
The Linklaters team was led by Real Estate and Hospitality partner Simon Price assisted by Matthew Plaskow in corporate, Kathryn Griffiths and Tom Farrar in real estate and included Banking partner Mark O’Neill and associate Yetunde Adegboyega. Ward Yates provided Jersey law advice.

Linklaters has advised at the European Banking Authority (EBA) is moving its headquarters to Cegereal’s Europlaza tower in the La Defense district in Paris. The EBA is expected to take possession of the premises in April 2019 for a period of nine years.

The EBA will move its 160 staff from its current base in London’s Canary Wharf.
Marc Perrone, Head of Financial Regulation at Linklaters in Paris, says: