International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised US investor Hines European Value Fund (HEVF) on the £40 million plus real estate acquisition of 354-358 Oxford Street opposite London's Bond Street tube station from London Underground.

The deal, which is the first big ticket property transaction of 2019 and HEVF's first London acquisition, will see the company convert the site into a mixed residential and retail scheme with an estimated GDV of approximately £70 million.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Danish investment firm Nordic Solar Energy A/S on the acquisition of a photovoltaic portfolio with total capacity of 14 MW from Sella Investment.

The portfolio comprises 14 rooftop and ground mounted PV plants in the Italian provinces of Pordenone, Genova, Siena, Latina, Roma and Teramo.

WBD has advised Hearthstone Investment Management's private equity fund, Hearthstone Residential Fund 1 (HRF1), on its single largest deal to date with a major national housebuilder, to acquire 72 houses.

In a significant multi-site deal with a national housebuilder, HRF1 has agreed to purchase 72 two, three and four bedroom houses scheduled to be completed this year. The new build homes are located in Exeter (28), Bicester (11), Rugby (9) and Pontefract (24).

Osborne Clarke has advised the British Foresight Group LLP and the Korean KIS KIAMCO German Wind Fund on the acquisition of the wind parks Krackow-Glasow and Seubersdorf 2 from the German wpd group. The wind parks have a total installed capacity of more than 50 MW and consist of 17 wind turbines. The  transaction allows KIS KIAMCO to enter the German renewable energy market for the first time. The Korean fund plans to further invest in Germany and Europe.

Ashurst advised Taiwanese insurer Fubon Life on the acquisition of the Eurotower in Frankfurt.

Fubon Life, one of the largest insurers in Taiwan, acquired the 148 metre high office property at Frankfurt's Kaiserstraße through Patrizia Immobilien, who acted as the investment manager. The seller is a fund managed by Triuva for a German pension fund. The purchase price was EUR 530 million. The Eurotower is known as the former headquarter of European Central Bank, which stayed in the building as a tenant after its headquarters moved to Frankfurt's Ostend.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Arlington and Equitix on a joint venture acquisition of ‘The Stellar Portfolio’ of 1,857 beds of purpose-built student accommodation (“PBSA”)  from Fusion Students.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised listed Italian energy company Falck Renewables S.p.A, through its France-based subsidiary Falck Energies Renouvelables SAS, on the acquisition, for an expected price of approximately EUR 37m, of a portfolio of five operating wind farms totaling an installed capacity of 59.5MW, with an expected annual total output of 117 GWh, from clean energy investor Glennmont Clean Energy Cooperatief U.A.

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s Healthcare team have advised listed Belgian healthcare investor Aedifica on the acquisition of a portfolio of 93 care home properties across England for approximately £450m from Lonestar. This marks Aedifica’s entry into the UK market, making it the fourth country in its portfolio.