Jointly overseen by Marie Scott, John Cumpson, Andrew Banton, and Chris Rose, CMS is well-regarded across the logistics, office, and retail sectors. Banton is especially experienced in inward investment, while Caroline Maude handles investments into mixed-use assets. Alan Crawford is proficient in asset management, Jules Needleman is a key port of call for landlords and tenants, and Charlotte Miller is experienced in logistics transactions. Other key team members include Amanda Howard, who is informed in equity raisings for real estate funds.
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Profile

Position

Partner

Career

Caroline is a Partner in our Real Estate team based in our London office. She advises on a wide range of property matters including the acquisition and disposal of office/mixed-use investments, development and site assembly, letting and pre-letting work, particularly within in Central London.

Memberships
Caroline is on the board of the British Council for Offices ("BCO")
Education
  • 1992 – LLB (Hons) De Mountfort University

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘CMS has top practitioners in all disciplines. We have worked with some of the key CMS partners for 20+ years and the level of service and professionalism never disappoints. As well as being technically superb, the advice we receive is also highly commercial, which is fundamental to how we run our assets.’

    'They are a genuine pleasure to work with, and I always feel confident going into transaction meetings/discussions when I have the CMS team in my corner.'

    'On the real estate tax side, Caroline Muade's team is fantasic.'

Key clients

  • AimCo Annington Group Blackstone Columbia Threadneedle Federated Hermes GPE HB Reavis Herstshen Group InfraRed Capital Partners Mitsubishi Estate London Limited Newlands Developments Nuveen Real Estate Savills Investment Management SEGRO Plc Signal Capital Tristan Capital Partners Triton Limited UBS

Work highlights

Acting for Sainsburys on the buyout of their £1.1bn reversion portfolio of 26 supermarkets.
Advised Annington Group on the sale of almost 600 houses across 18 sites.
Advised on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Statera Energy (UK based battery storage and renewable energy developer).