European real estate company RE Capital has appointed a new general counsel. Gavin Green will sit on RE Capital’s executive committee, managing the company’s legal activities across all markets. He joins this month. As well as advising on corporate matters, he will also oversee risk management, legal processes, structuring, compliance, debt and transactional work among […]
British property company SEGRO has reappointed law firms Eversheds Sutherland, CMS and Gowling WLG to its UK real estate panel following a tender and review process. The tenure of the panel is expected to last until January 2025 and will provide legal advice in relation to its real estate work. The three firms will retain […]
British housebuilding company Taylor Wimpey has re-appointed six firms to its roster, with one new addition after its latest panel review. The firms selected are DAC Beachcroft, Eversheds Sutherland, Gateley, Osborne Clarke, Shoosmiths, Squire Patton Boggs and Womble Bond Dickinson. Shoosmiths is the latest addition to the panel, while it is understood that Dentons and […]
After a group left its office for CMS last month, Greenberg Traurig has hired seven lawyers from several firms in Warsaw. Dentons real estate partner Maciej Jodkowski makes the move, along with his colleagues, senior associates Karol Lewandowski and Alicja Kwiatkowska. The real estate group are joined by Deloitte Legal managing associate Karolina Tulwin and […]
Greenberg Trauring is taking on a real estate finance partner from BCLP. The firm is hiring Daniyal Ansari, who joined BCLP from Eversheds in 2015. Prior to that he was a senior associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, with previous stints at Latham & Watkins and Herbert Smith Freehills. He acts for lenders and developers in […]
CMS is set to swoop on a team of real estate lawyers from a US firm, building on further hires already made in the CEE region. The Lawyer understands that a team of three partners and seven associates are to make the move from Greenberg Traurig. The team is led by partner Agata Jurek-Zbrojska, alongside […]
Dentons is losing a City partner to UAE-based construction boutique Mantle Law, which is launching its first office in London. Gurbinder Grewal is the litigator moving over to Mantle, which has a platform built around construction disputes. The firm’s UK opening is the second chapter of Mantle Law’s existence, which was launched in Abu Dhabi […]
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is ending its relationship with Fieldfisher following a recent review that criticised the firm for taking a “demonstrably and inappropriately partisan” approach when advising the client. This latest decision forms part of RICS’ ongoing response to a damning report from 2 Hare Court’s Alison Levitt QC last month, […]
Taylor Wimpey is embarking on its latest panel review, with the new line-up set to be in place by the start of next year. The FTSE 100 housebuilder has invited firms to pitch for a place. It last assembled its panel in 2018, appointing eight firms made up of DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, Gateley, […]
Irwin Mitchell has restructured its real estate division, in light of a wider reorganisation within the firm. The firm’s head of real estate Adrian Barlow has set out a new five-year plan for the practice in response to the pandemic, and sought to bolster the team through two partner hires. As part of the restructure, […]
Vinson & Elkins is hiring two partners from Hogan Lovells, including its global construction and engineering head, as it expands its team in London. Head of the practice Roberta Downey is making the move along with Angus Rankin. Downey has been a partner since 2003 having joined as a trainee in 1992. Rankin meanwhile trained […]
After two exits in a fortnight from its City office, Mishcon de Reya has added a real estate finance partner to its ranks from Reed Smith. Francisca Sepúlveda’s switch to Mishcon comes two weeks after the firm lost real estate partner Omega Poole and international arbitration head Karel Daele. Sepúlveda’s practice focuses primarily on real […]