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Harper Macleod LLP

THE CA'D'ORO, 45 GORDON STREET, GLASGOW, G1 3PE, SCOTLAND
Tel:
Work 0141 221 8888
Fax:
Fax 0141 226 4198
DX:
GW86 GLASGOW
Web:
www.harpermacleod.co.uk
Email:

David Bell

Tel:
Work +44 141 227 9318
Email:
Harper Macleod LLP

Work Department

Real estate.

Position

Commercial property partner and Law Society of Scotland accredited specialist in commercial leasing; acted for: Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited and Britel Fund Trustees Limited in the sale of Princess Square Speciality Shopping Centre, Glasgow (£107m); DB Real Estate Investment GmbH in the acquisition of the Cerium Building, Glasgow (£21m); HansaInvest Hanseatische Investment GmbH in the acquisition of Princes House, West Campbell Street, Glasgow (£16.6m); the sale of Thistle Marches shopping centre, Stirling (£37m); Allied Irish Bank Plc in the funding of an investment property worth £39m; the acquisition of the Frasers Department Store, Edinburgh, for CBRE Investors (£14.3m) and the purchase of Quatermile 2 Office development, Edinburgh for Swiss Pension fund AFIAA (£23m). Also acts on an ongoing basis for JD Sports and Nero Holdings Ltd (Caffè Nero) in relation to all their Scottish property work.

Career

Trained Maxwell Waddell, qualified 1988; assistant Orr MacQueen WS, Edinburgh 1988-90; associate Orr MacQueen ?WS 1990-93; commercial property partner in Orr MacQueen WS, ?1993-98; associate Harper Macleod 1998-99; partner Harper Macleod 1999.

Education

Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; University of Edinburgh (1985 LLB Hons; Dip LP 1986).

Leisure

Family, reading, golf, cinema, good food and wine, travel.

Practice Areas

Property - commercial property; Telecommunications

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