DLA Piper represented Industrious in the recent closure of a US$80 million Series C funding round co-led by Riverwood Capital and Fifth Wall ventures. The funding provides Industrious the resources to support the company's accelerated expansion and workplace innovation. The company has more than tripled its number of locations across 25 cities.
Skadden represented Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation and its asset manager, Daiwa House Asset Management Co., Ltd., in the issuance of new investment units and secondary offering of investment units.
Development Agreement With Keepmoat Gets Second Phase Of The Residential Development Underway
Irwin Mitchell has advised CRUVL (Canal Road Urban Village Ltd) on the development agreement with house-builder partner Keepmoat for the residential development of 145 new houses at New Bolton Woods, Yorkshire - a new £150 million mixed-use urban village. This deal represents the second phase of the residential development of the New Bolton Woods project, in which Keepmoat will provide a selection of two, three and four bedroom houses.
Squire Patton Boggs has advised Lloyd’s Register (LR), one of the world’s leading providers of professional services for engineering and technology, who today announces the acquisition of Nettitude, a market-leading global provider of cybersecurity services.
Travers Smith LLP has advised CALA Homes and certain of its selling shareholders in connection with the acquisition by Legal & General of the 52.1% interest in CALA Homes that it did not previously own, resulting in Legal & General now taking full ownership of CALA Homes.
Pinsent Masons has successfully secured a judgment on behalf of two Philippines state corporations in multi-million dollar dispute with Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.
The matter dates back to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, when a US$100m currency-swap arrangement was terminated as a result of the bank’s insolvency. The currency swap was part of a wider hedging strategy in respect of bonds.
DLA Piper has advised the global real estate investment manager, Invesco Real Estate (IRE), on the sale of a hotel portfolio consisting of four InterCity Hotels across Germany. The sale took place within a structured process as a share deal. The buyer is an Oman based investor's group led by Al Zaman Group of Companies. The parties involved have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Real estate investor BNP Paribas Real Investment Management (REIM) France has acquired the "unIQus" office building, located in Bad Homburg for the SCPI Opus Real fund. Clifford Chance has advised BNP Paribas REIM on this transaction.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Laing O'Rourke Australia on its successful tender to deliver the $955 million Sydney Metro upgrade to Central Station.
The renewal of Central Station is part of NSW Government’s transformative Sydney Metro - Australia’s biggest public transport infrastructure project.
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Secure Income REIT plc on the acquisitions of two substantial portfolios of assets at a total cost of £436 million. The portfolios comprise a leisure portfolio including Manchester Arena, The Brewery at Chiswell Street, EC1 (the largest catered events space in the City of London), 18 freehold pubs and 17 Travelodge hotels, together with a hotels portfolio consisting of a further 59 Travelodge sites.