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Addleshaw Goddard Offices
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England
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Hemal Kotecha
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner in the real estate group whose practice covers a broad range of real sectors including offices, retail, logistics, hotels and leisure. Hemal acts for investors, developers, funders and corporate occupiers. Recent transactions include acting for Slovakian developer HB Reavis on its acquisition of Elizabeth House, Waterloo (which is to be redeveloped into a mixed use scheme comprising 1.4m sq. ft. of offices, residential and retail space); CC Land on its £290m acquisition of Vodafone’s Paddington base in London; and University of Greenwich on the acquisition and development of a new school of architecture in the heart of Greenwich.
Career
Trained at Stephenson Harwood LLP (qualified 2005); 2003 to 2014. Addleshaw Goddard LLP, May 2014 to present
Languages
English, Hindi and Gujarati (both fluent) and conversational Spanish.
Memberships
Investment Property Forum; British Council of Offices.
Education
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Cardiff University (LLB Law, 2:1); BPP Law School, London (Legal Practice Course, Distinction).
Leisure
Cricket, tennis and eating out with friends and family.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Commercial property: investment
Addleshaw Goddard offers a comprehensive service to its real estate clients, able to advise on construction, planning, funds, finance, and disputes. The firm is particularly skilled in investment transactions connected to development projects. Key sector strengths for the firm include office and retail. The team is led by Iain Hindhaugh, Daniel Woolston and Nancy McGuire
. Hindhaugh is adept at advising US clients as well as real estate private equity funds. Woolston advises on complex structures in the alternative assets space. Hemal Kotecha is a key member of the team who advises clients on development transactions. Liam Diggins is well-versed in real estate fund formation and structurings. In May 2023, Rachel Orton left the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Environment
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)