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Real Estate & Construction

Trowers advise Residential Secure Income plc on 1st acquisition of £100 million retirement portfolio

11 Dec 2017

Trowers & Hamlins has advised Residential Secure Income plc (“ReSI”) which invests in residential asset classes that comprise the stock of UK social housing providers, on the completion of its first acquisition with the purchase of a rental homes portfolio comprising 1,341 retirement properties for a total consideration of approximately £100 million.

Ashurst advises EQT Real Estate for the acquisition and financing of an office building in Paris (75013)

08 Dec 2017

Ashurst LLP advised EQT Real Estate, for its acquisition, from a Jerusalem Economic Corporation's subsidiary, a company listed on the Israeli stock exchange, an office building based at 28/34 rue du Château des Rentiers in Paris (75013) over circa 13.600 sq.m of office and storage space, a corporate restaurant and 245 parking spaces.

The property is fully let to tenants.

Mayer Brown advises CBRE on the only UK CMBS transaction of 2017

07 Dec 2017

Mayer Brown advised CBRE as Servicer and Special Servicer on the only public UK CMBS transaction of 2017.

The transaction, Taurus 2017-2 UK DAC, involved the issuance of £345 million of notes to investors. It was arranged by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

The Mayer Brown team was led by Structured Finance and Securitisation partner David O'Connor and included Banking & Finance senior associate Noman Ali.

Employees of world renowned architect and Fieldfisher client AHMM have become majority owners of AHMM Ltd

07 Dec 2017

Employees of the world renowned architect and Fieldfisher client Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) have become the majority owners of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Ltd.

Employees of the world renowned architect and Fieldfisher client Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) have become the majority owners of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Ltd.

The Fieldfisher team was led by partner Graeme Nuttall OBE who set the agenda for promoting employee ownership in the UK as the government's independent adviser on Employee Ownership.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek successfully advises DOMICIL Real Estate Group on the acquisition of the LivING portfolio in Ingolstadt

07 Dec 2017

Advised by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Munich-based DOMICIL Real Estate Group acquired the LivING residential real estate portfolio in Ingolstadt. The portfolio consists of 21 buildings comprising 508 residential units and 236 parking spaces. It was sold by the open-ended public AIF Wertgrund WohnSelect D as part of a structured bidding process in which DOMICIL prevailed.
 

Macfarlanes advises Regional REIT on secondary fundraise of up to £100m

07 Dec 2017

Macfarlanes has advised main market listed commercial property fund Regional REIT on a secondary fundraise of up to £100m. Regional REIT intends to use the proceeds of the offering to, among other things, acquire two contracted property portfolios.

The Macfarlanes team for this matter was led by corporate and M&A senior counsel Mark Slade, with assistance from tax partner Jeremy Moncrieff and corporate and M&A solicitor Alex Critchley.

Herbert Smith Freehills advises Hammerson on the £3.4 billion acquisition of Intu, creating £21 billion pan-European property portfolio

07 Dec 2017

Working closely with Sarah Booth, Hammerson plc's general counsel and the Hammerson executive team, international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised longstanding client Hammerson on its £3.4 billion recommended all-share offer to acquire the entire share capital of Intu Properties plc , creating a £21 billion pan-European portfolio of high-quality retail and leisure destinations.

Hammerson plc £3.4bn recommended offer for Intu Properties plc

07 Dec 2017

Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client The Peel Group, the largest shareholder in Intu Properties plc (Intu), in connection with Hammerson plc's £3.4billion recommended offer for Intu.

Intu has 20 shopping centres across the UK including the intu Trafford Centre in Manchester. The recommended offer by Hammerson would bring ownership of London's Brent Cross, the Birmingham Bullring and Manchester's Trafford Centre into one group.