Slaughter and May advised UD Europe Limited, a subsidiary of NTT Urban Development Corporation, on the acquisition of the freehold interest in 265 The Strand, London, WC2.

Herbert Smith Freehills advised Pepper Australia Pty Limited (“Pepper”) on its acquisition and financing of a A$250 million small balance commercial mortgage loan portfolio from a major international lender as Pepper expands its specialised lending capabilities into a new asset class.

Hill Dickinson has acted for the University of Chester which is acquiring The Shell Technology Centre in Thornton near Ellesmere Port.

The acquisition will see this world-class centre of excellence remain at the forefront of scientific research and development thus championing investment in the North West.

Eversheds Bianchini, the Italian arm of global law firm Eversheds, has advised La Rinascente, the historic Italian brand in the retail sector, on the acquisition of Illum Department Store in Copenhagen from Solstra Capital Partners.

Illum is a prime location of 22,000 square meters with 6.5 million visitors founded in 1891 and is located on the most important shopping street of the Danish capital. The acquisition represents the first major overseas acquisition closed by La Rinascente in its international growth strategy.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Growthpoint Properties Australia (Growthpoint) on its acquisition of three adjoining property assets, including a pharmaceutical warehouse, office and warehouse, and truck facility, in Erskine Park, New South Wales.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised FleetCor Technologies, Inc., a global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment programs to businesses, on its acquisition of Custom Fleet’s Fleet card business from GE Capital Australia’s Custom Fleet leasing business. The transaction completed on Tuesday 26 March.

The Fleet Card is a multi-branded fuel card product with acceptance in over 6,000 fuel outlets and over 7,000 automotive service and repair centres across Australia.

Frankfurt/München/Berlin  - Am 5. Februar 2013 hat die Art-Invest Real Estate den Kö-Bogen, das Immobilienprojekt an der Düsseldorfer Königsallee, im Rahmen eines Share Deals für Sondervermögen von zwei berufsständischen Versorgungswerken erworben. Entwickler und Verkäufer ist die developer Projektentwicklung GmbH, die bis zur endgültigen Fertigstellung voraussichtlich im Herbst 2013 für die ganzheitliche Umsetzung dieser komplexen städtebaulichen Projektentwicklung zuständig bleibt.

International law firm Clifford Chance has advised on the top three transactions in the Russian real estate market to date.  These include the acquisition of the Metropolis and the Galeria shopping centres by one of the largest real estate funds completed in February 2013 and February 2012 respectively and the acquisition of White Square office complex by O1 Properties completed at the end of 2012.

Dundas & Wilson has acted for Standard Life Wealth (“SLW”), a subsidiary of Standard Life plc, on its decision to acquire Newton Management Limited, a global investment management subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Company. SLW has entered into an agreement with Newton Management Limited to buy its private client division with assets under management of £3.6bn.

Analysis of data on single asset deals in Central London for 2012 reveals that Linklaters acted on half of the top ten Central London deals by value, including the two largest. (source: Jones Lang Lasalle).