International law firm Ashurst has advised Crystalbrook Collection Hotels and Resorts (Crystalbrook), the leisure and accommodation arm of GA Group Australia, on the acquisition of the Little Albion boutique hotel in Sydney's Surry Hills suburb.

The Little Albion boutique hotel is one of Australia’s newest boutique hotels, developed and designed by Paul Fischmann, founder and owner of 8Hotels. The 35-room hotel is in a heritage building constructed in 1903 as a school convent which has been transformed into a modern guest house, merging old and new.

DLA Piper has advised real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners on its acquisition of Ocean Towers, a 25-storey Grade A office building located at People’s Square in Shanghai. The acquisition was done through a fund managed by Gaw Capital together with a consortium of partners.

Baker McKenzie has assisted Invesco Real Estate, the global real estate investment manager, in the structuring and financing of the acquisition of the Paris-based “Capital 8” building sold by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.

Through this acquisition – the largest ever made by Invesco Real Estate in Europe – the global manager has acquired an office complex ideally situated in the 8th arrondissement with a total surface area of 45,000 m², which also offers a wide range of services (restaurants, conference rooms, etc.).

WBD has advised housebuilder Linden Homes who is set to build hundreds of new homes in North, South and East Yorkshire; on two major land acquisitions. Linden Homes recently announced the new site purchases through its Linden Homes East Yorkshire's land division.

The WBD team, led by Managing Associate Patrick Jackson, advised on two new site purchases including the land at Malton in Ryedale, North Yorkshire; to deliver an additional 140 plots as a continuation to Linden Homes' Copperfields development. The site will deliver a range of two, three and four-bedroom homes.

Gide has advised Oxford Properties Group, the real estate branch of Canadian company OMERS, on the acquisition from Olayan Group of 273 rue Saint Honoré in central Paris.

273 rue Saint Honoré is a luxury retail, exhibition and office asset covering approximately 1,430 sq.m., currently fully leased to the Italian luxury brand Valentino.