Real Estate News
DWF bulks up real estate with Eversheds team
DWF has recruited 13 lawyers, including five partners, from Eversheds’ Manchester and Newcastle offices in a boost to its property department.
Dundas partner joins Payne Hicks Beach in further construction push
Payne Hicks Beach (PHB) has hired Dundas & Wilson partner Carl Asser as part of the Lincoln’s Inn firm’s construction push follow its practice launch earlier this year.
Jeantet builds real estate with Orrick hire
French independent Jeantet Associés has appointed Orrick Rambaud Martel partner Catherine Saint Geniest as a partner in its real estate group.
CMS and Foot Anstey lead on £19m Kuwaiti purchase of Bristol site
CMS Cameron McKenna, Foot Anstey, Norton Rose and Wragge & Co advised on Kuwaiti investor Dimah Capital’s £19m acquisition of Everything Everywhere’s Bristol office.
BLP management rejig sparks client base shift
BLP shake-up sees firm facing up to a world of changed priorities
Real Estate Analysis
The real estate top 10
Foreign investment in prime London real estate and UK companies’ willingness to embrace alternative assets is keeping law firm property teams afloat. James Swift reports
The incredible shrinking law firm
The once-mighty Linklaters real estate department is a shadow of its former self. Should management rethink its grand plan?
Road to conflict
As the property market has crashed so real estate litigation cases have ramped up, with landlords looking for any avenue to bump up their earnings
Cash landing
Cautious optimism was the predominant theme at a more subdued Mipim this year, with lawyers intent on wooing the few cash-rich players
A whiter shade of green
Proposed changes to two Government environmental initiatives that affect the commercial property sector should make the schemes simpler to operate - but not much.
