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Mayer Brown City real estate chief joins US rival as London office head
US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman has hired Mayer Brown City real estate head Peter Sugden as its new London managing partner. The firm said the appointment had come as part of its expansion plans in its core areas of real estate and financial service...
08 Feb 2012 | 17:53
BLP boosts finance practice with senior Dechert hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has made another addition to its finance practice, with Dechert’s Steve Clark set to join the firm as a partner. Clark will join BLP’s real estate finance group from the US firm, where he is currently of counsel, i...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
McGrigors acts as Jimmy Choo moves headquarters to London
McGrigors has advised Jimmy Choo on its move to a new London HQ in Westminster, with the luxury footwear brand taking on 37,000 sq ft on Victoria Street. London real estate head Suzanne Gill led a seven-strong team from the firm that included const...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
LG secures latest hotel instruction as two prime properties sold for £192m
LG and Hogan Lovells have advised on the sale of London’s Sanderson Hotel and St Martins Lane Hotel to Middle Eastern investor Capital Hill Hotels for £192m. LG advised Capital Hill on the sale, with London corporate partner and hotel sector hea...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Firms invited to tender for prestigious Crown Estate Regent St role
The Crown Estate has kicked off an adviser review for its coveted Regent Street property portfolio, inviting law firms to tender for the role currently exclusively held by SJ Berwin. The retendering process, which takes place every five to seven ye...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Hogan Lovells set to name London litigator as sole chairman
Hogan Lovells has put forward London real estate litigation chief Nicholas Cheffings as the firm’s new sole chair, with the appointment set to be confirmed by a partnership vote next week. Cheffings, currently the London representative on the fir...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Raft of firms lead on Soho House majority stake sale
Olswang, Latham & Watkins, Ashurst and Withers have all taken a role on the sale of a majority stake in private members’ club chain Soho House Group. Olswang advised Soho House owners Richard Caring and Nick Jones with a team led by City corpo...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Dundas recruits Stephenson Harwood City team including ex-CEO
Dundas & Wilson has bulked up its London office with a five-strong hire from Stephenson Harwood, including the firm's former chief executive. Real estate partner John Pike, CEO at Stephenson Harwood from 1996 to 2004, will be joined at Dundas by fi...
18 Jan 2012 | 14:01
Bird & Bird adds two partners in London with Olswang and DLA hires
Bird & Bird has made a pair of lateral partner hires for its City base, including Olswang's former head of commercial litigation, Steven Baker. The top 15 UK firm has also hired a partner for its real estate practice, with Ed Cooke joining from DLA...
18 Jan 2012 | 10:50 | 
CMS pulls plans to move into Hammerson's new City skyscraper
CMS Cameron McKenna has cancelled plans to move into a new City skyscraper still under development due to the ongoing problems in the global economy. Hammerson, the building’s developer, issued a stock exchange announcement earlier this morning (16 ...
16 Jan 2012 | 12:10 | 3 comments
Blacks and La Senza: aggression vs seduction?
This week has seen the first of what will most likely be a wave of pre-pack administrations of high street names this year, with both Blacks Leisure and La Senza going into administration and immediately thereafter their businesses (or at least the pr...
11 Jan 2012 | 10:53
Nabarro City real estate partner duo exit for Norton Rose and Stephenson Harwood
Norton Rose and Stephenson Harwood have both recruited partners from Nabarro in a duo of City real estate exits for the firm Norton Rose has hired Neil Biswas in London, adding to its ten-partner London real estate team.
06 Jan 2012 | 13:31 |
Olswang brings in real estate partner in London with BLP hire
Olswang has bulked up its City real estate team with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner Graham Lloyd-Brunt. Lloyd-Brunt joined the firm yesterday (3 January) after seven years as a partner at BLP.
04 Jan 2012 | 10:11 |
CMS becomes latest law firm to cut partners with trio of real estate exits
CMS Cameron McKenna is set to cut a number of partners from its City real estate team, with three London partners asked to leave the top 15 UK law firm. The trio will depart at the end of the current financial year (April 2012), with the departures...
09 Dec 2011 | 16:04 |
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Property Team of the Year: Ashurst
Ashurst was lead adviser to longstanding client Westfield on its £4bn Westfield Stratford City shopping centre development. It is the largest urban shopping centre in Europe and was visited by 100,000 people on its first day of business.
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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