Linklaters & Alliance advised Lend Lease on the launch of the Lend Lease Overgate Partnership. The partnership, which includes Barclays Bank UK Retirement Fund, BG Group Pension Scheme, Morley Properties and NFU Mutual Insurance Society, has committed £137m to purchasing the Dundee-based Overgate shopping and leisure centre. Linklaters real estate partners Martin Elliott and Elizabeth […]
Despite some heavyweight clients and major deals under his belt, Garretts’ head of property Keith Barnett believes in a life outside of the profession. Fiona Callister meets this self-confessed Arsenal fanatic Normally when firms win a large deal it is hard to get them to stop talking about it. Not so with Garretts’ head of […]
Linklaters advised Scottish & Newcastle on the £100m sale of 361 pubs to The Pub Estate Company. The sale is made up of a combination of tenanted and managed pubs in England and Scotland. Property partner Mark Burgess-Smith led a nine-strong team on the deal while DLA represented The Pub Estate Company.
Eversheds advised the College of Law on the development of its new centre in Birmingham. The new college will house 500 law graduates. Property partner Adrian Bland acted on the deal with assistance from property solicitor Anne Clark.
Richards Butler has come out on top this week following a competitive tender to become legal adviser on commercial matters to property services group Trillium. The City-based firm will also offer day-to-day advice in other areas, including intellectual property, competition, insurance and property. Mark Duckworth, head of legal at Trillion, says: “We conducted a rigorous […]
Anne Mizzi meets Diana Holtham, the retiring head of construction at Berrymans Lace Mawer, who has lost her taste for construction litigation. Diana Holtham, head of construction at Berrymans Lace Mawer, is not prone to sentimentality. Commenting on her retirement after 20 years at the firm, Holtham says: “I always intended to retire early to […]
Simon Twigden, the head of Addleshaw Booth & Co’s London office, has big plans for the firm. Abigail Townsend talks to the man who has his work cut out for him. Simon Twigden clearly remembers the moment Addleshaw Booth & Co approached him with a view to joining its then recently formed London office. “I […]
The management at UK building company RMC Group must be glad that 1998 isbehind them. Last year began with a profit warning due to difficult trading conditionsin Germany, where one of the group’s largest operations is based. RMC began to whittle down its operations to focus on its core function as a heavy building materials […]
Last week, The Lawyer revealed details of the massive restructure at Davis Arnold Cooper. Now at the helm, with new title of managing director, Nick Sinfield is preparing to steer the firm on a new course. Sean Farrell reports For a man who, according to the rumour mill, has “gone to ground” and is “a […]