Real estate
Jointly overseen by Chris Harvey and Andrew Hepner, Mayer Brown International LLP is geared to handle property acquisitions, development, and leasing. Harvey is a key port of call for development and finance transactions, while Caroline Humble is vastly experienced in advising international investors. Iain Roberts is turned to by private equity clients on real estate transactions, while Ben Eaton is regarded in the hotel and data centre sectors. Alastair Dolman, Hollie Norman, Sam Harris, and Tim Collier are other key team members.
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Profile
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Caroline Humble is a partner in the Real Estate practice of the London office. She has extensive experience acting for clients on high profile and high value investment transactions and development projects. Caroline also represents a number of private equity real estate clients. Caroline has an excellent reputation for providing strategic advice to clients on complex transactions and development projects.
Career
Caroline joined Mayer Brown in 2002 and was made partner in 2012.
Languages
English
Education
The College of Law, York
Durham University
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Testimonials
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'I never have any hesitation recommending Chris Harvey and his team to our investors and lenders when the opportunity arises.'
'The wider team at MB are highly capable, organised, and responsive, which makes a massive difference to us as a smaller organisation, especially with business plan execution. The firm is big enough to have the resources we need to cover all disciplines, but the service is still tailored to our requirements.’
‘Chris Harvey is a talented lawyer, but importantly, he is also highly commercial in his advice, which is invaluable to us in assessing deals and pricing risk/reward.'
Key clients
- Bain Capital, LP Cabot Properties, Inc Cheyne Capital Management Chinachem Group Chinese Estates Circle Properties Crosstree Real Estate Partners LLP Euro Real Estate Generali Giant Mind Hang Seng Bank Limited Helical Plc LLK/Infinitus RealTerm Round Hill Capital The British Land Company Plc Tide Construction Tribeca Holdings Wirtgen Invest Holding GmbH
Work highlights
Advised Tide Construction Limited in connection with the sale and forward funding of 30 Marsh Wall, London, for £252 million.
Advised Euro Real Estate (based in Luxembourg) in connection with the forward sale of 20 Grafton Street, London, for £120 million.
Advised Chinese Estates (based in Hong Kong) in connection with the sale of 11/12 St James's Square, London, for £162 million.