Corporate
Eleanor Crawford-Drake
Ellie is a corporate real estate Partner with experience in a broad range of transactions covering a number of jurisdictions and including the use of W&I insurance, various purchase price adjustments and tickets reaching $300m. She has significant experience in corporate acquisitions and disposals, ranging from single asset to multi-company portfolio transactions, establishing and managing joint ventures, acting for minority or majority shareholder investors and company management and restructuring.
Paul Burke
Paul is the Managing Partner at Maples Teesdale. Paul is a corporate real estate partner and has extensive experience of portfolio acquisitions or disposals through group company structures often involving multiple jurisdictions; joint ventures including all forms of joint venture vehicles from private companies to all types of partnerships, LLPs and unit trusts and other unincorporated associations; SPV sales and purchases (for example to effect SDLT mitigation schemes); Jersey Property Unit Trusts (JPUTs); sale and leaseback structures; property and asset management agreements and shareholder disputes.
Nathan Pavitt
Nathan is an Associate in the corporate real estate team with experience in a broad range of UK-based transactions, including corporate acquisitions and disposals, acting for minority or majority shareholders, and advising on company restructuring.
Team Services
We deal with all corporate aspects of a real estate transaction, from initial structuring and choice of jurisdiction to the final acquisition or disposal.
We work closely with clients to ensure a comprehensive and complete understanding of their needs. Advice is carefully linked to the practical aspects of legal issues and the prompt achievement of each client’s aims.
Maples Teesdale has close and trusted working relationships with leading advisors in overseas jurisdictions, enabling us to provide clients with a seamless service.
Our advice covers:
- Corporate acquisitions and disposals
- Joint venture and shareholder agreements
- Partnerships, including limited partnerships and LLPs
- Onshore and offshore structures including unit trusts