Slaughter and May is advising the seller of the London Metropole and Birmingham Metropole hotels, in one of the largest portfolio deals in the UK market this year. Funds managed by Henderson Park Capital will pay more than £500m for the hotels. The London Metropole is the largest Hilton-managed hotel in Europe.

Contacts

Corporate: Murray Cox (partner), Srijanee Bhattacharyya (associate), Oliver Gratton (associate)

Real estate: John Nevin (partner), Lee Foxcroft (associate), Helen White (associate)

Financing: Stephen Powell (partner), Ivo Stourton (associate), Alex Short (associate)

Tax: Gareth Miles (partner), Tanja Velling (associate)