Ashurst LLP has a niche in the logistics, while the group also has grown its involvement in cases regarding investment management and asset management, and real estate finance issues more generally; the workload in this financing space involves advice on share deals. Liane Muschter, who oversees the team, is key for such financings, while also a popular choice for advising regulated funds on portfolio transactions and project developments. Muschter is supported by counsel Christopher Jeschor who also specialises in complex real estate transactions and financings. Nicolas Deuerling left the firm to join Gowling WLG in December 2024. Matthias Rüdt von Collenberg joined the firm in October 2025 from Goodwin.
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Key clients
- Aberdeen
- HIH Invest Real Estate
- LIP
- Oxfords Properties
- Panattoni
- SEG
- STRABAG Hold Estate
- 1&1
Work highlights
Advised HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH (HIH Invest) on the launch of a new fund for institutional investors with the residential real estate company Vonovia and its acquisition of 14 development projects and new buildings with an investment volume of over €630 million.
Advised STRABAG Hold Estate on the acquisition of the office building "The Move Blue" in "Gateway Gardens" from Siemens Real Estate.
Advised Oxford Properties on their first joint venture with pension fund AustralianSuper (AS).
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Liane Muschter
Other key lawyers
Christopher Jeschor