Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP provides a comprehensive service for real estate investment clients, offering wider structuring, financing, planning and litigation support from its broader expertise as needed. The firm is especially strong in supporting clients through their disposals of major investment assets in a range of sectors, including office, logistics, residential and data centres. Lee Jackson, who advises private equity funds and global investors, and Nicholas Bartlett, a specialist in alternative residential assets, head the team. Stewart Womersley is well-versed in cross-border investment transactions; whilst Richard Lampert is an expert in structured finance support. Clare Rudd advises on forward fundings and forward purchases. Michael Buchanan and Kate Poole left the practice in July and November 2023 respectively.
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Testimonials
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‘Excellent and relevant market knowledge. They are well resourced.’
‘Nick Bartlett is very knowledgeable, client focused and effective. Extremely good in meetings - calm, articulate and persuasive’
‘Very responsive and collaborative team; feels like an external in-house legal team.’
‘Eversheds are a large, multidiscipline, international firm which offer a wealth of experienced and motivated experts to provide first class advice across the real estate spectrum. The depth of the team ensures the appropriate level of expertise is available when required.’
'Richard Lampert is very client focused, always available and very commercial in his advice.'
Key clients
- Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust
- Scottish Widows Property Authorised Contractual Scheme
- Host Students
- LaSalle Investment Management
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
- Berkeley Group
- Heathrow Airport
- Thames Water
- Urbium Capital
Work highlights
Advised Network Rail on the sale of its commercial estate, comprising 5,200 properties, for £1.45bn to Blackstone and Telereal Trillium.
Advising Nuveen managed Central Office Fund on the sale of the JPUT holding a newly developed office building in the City of London fully let to a leading international law firm.
Advised Unite Students on transactions involving, among other things, the negotiation of a £400m facility provided by LGIM to enable USAF to repay one of its bond issues in its entirety and the restructure of the property holding structures within USAF.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Lee Jackson; Nick Bartlett
Other key lawyers
Tom Goldsmith; Lucy Chadwick; Chris Mullings; Natasha Osment; Stewart Womersley; Clare Rudd; Philippa Widman; Richard Lampert