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Lease/Lettings

Shoosmiths advises McKay Securities on two key deals worth over £9m

16 Mar 2017

Shoosmiths has advised Real Estate Investment Trust ('REIT'), McKay Securities PLC on two key multi-million pound deals at its Farnborough and Redhill sites.

Shoosmiths acted for McKay on the disposal of the freehold of its remaining interest at Pinehurst Park, a 50,200 sq ft office building, to Pinehurst Investments for £5.88m. McKay purchased Pinehurst Park in 2012 for £3.5m.

Slaughter and May advised One Stop Doctors – lease of headquarters

28 Feb 2017

Slaughter and May advised One Stop Doctors on its lease of new headquarters at Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead.  One Stop Doctors is a state-of-the-art private clinic offering an extensive range of affordable outpatient services and expert diagnostic screening, 365 days a year.
Contacts

Real Estate: John Nevin (partner), Rebecca Rigg (associate)

Goltsblat BLP advises ICBC on leasing six A321-211 to Aeroflot

20 Feb 2017

Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has advised ICBC International Leasing, the leasing subsidiary of the world’s biggest financial group, on delivery of six Airbus A321-211 aircraft to Aeroflot.

Aeroflot, the leading Russian airline, is continuing expansion and upgrading of its fleet, sustaining the significant financial growth achieved last year.

The cross-office BLP Asset Finance team engaged in the deal was led by Tom Budgett, Consultant, in London and Oleg Khokhlov, Partner, in Moscow.

Gide, counsel to Chariot on the farmout of a 40% equity interest in six exploration permits in Morocco

18 Jan 2017

Gide Cuatrecasas Casablanca has advised Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Morocco) Limited, a subsidiary of Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, on the farmout of a 40% equity interest in, and operatorship of, the Rabat Deep Offshore exploration permits I-V, to Eni Maroc B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni. The agreement has just been approved by the Moroccan Authorities, and pertains to the off-shore area named Rabat Deep Offshore, off the coast of Rabat, Morocco.

DLA Piper represents MassDevelopment as part of GE's new Boston headquarters

12 Jan 2017

DLA Piper advised the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (MassDevelopment) in connection with General Electric's plan to relocate its corporate headquarters to Boston.

The firm represented MassDevelopment on the acquisition, leasing and financing of two vacant warehouses and approximately 2.5 acres of surrounding land for GE in the South Boston Seaport from the Gillette Company. MassDevelopment, which will lease the property to GE, will also fund rehabilitation of the warehouses and improvements to the surrounding land.

GfK leases 38,000 m² for the new headquarters in Nuremberg

10 Jan 2017

The worldwide market research company GfK in Nuremberg has concluded a lease agreement for its new headquarters in Nuremberg. The company is now able to combine its locations distributed throughout the city at one location in a new building complex build for the company at the location "Am Kohlenhof". The contract partner of GfK is a joint venture company involving Aurelis Real Estate GmbH & Co. KG, Pegasus Capital Partners GmbH and Art-Invest Real Estate. The three real estate and investment companies entered into a joint venture for the planning, development and realization.

Clyde & Co advises CM International Financial Leasing Co. on dual transaction

28 Nov 2016

Global law firm Clyde & Co has advised CM International Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (CMIG Leasing), one of the largest new leasing companies in China, on its recent acquisition of two companies from another Chinese-based leasing company and subsequent lease and bank financing of two new build container ships (vessels).

The container ships were built by Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and have been bareboat chartered to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC).