The real estate team at DLA Piper possesses a wealth of transactional expertise which extends from acquisitional support and portfolio management work to property sales and refinancing facilities. The team, which is led by Drew Wallace, is active in the retail, office, energy and leisure sectors. Wallace is well regarded by property investors for his ability to handle the full gamut of real estate matters, while Steve Edgecombe is noted for his expertise in the management of commercial and hospitality assets. The ‘hugely experienced’ Finlay Campbell deepens the bench.
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‘Finlay Campbell is a fast, efficient, hugely experienced and vastly knowledgeable property lawyer who gets work done quickly and without fuss. Fin manages us in terms of process, timing and information flow.’
Key clients
- Corum XL
- Noventa Energy
- Remake Asset Management
- Triple B
- Admiral Taverns – UK pub owners (over 2000 pubs)
- Advance Construction Group
- Aecom Limited
- Aggregate Industries UK plc
- Artisan REI
- AXA
- British Airways
- CCLA Funds
- Circle Health Group
- Downing
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Greencoat UK Wind Plc
- Harrison Street Real Estate
- HGIT Edinburgh Limited (Hines)
- Hines Global
- LaSalle Investment Management
Work highlights
Advised Triple B global investment group on the £65m acquisition of the entire issued share capital of ECF Omni SARL, the Lux SPV owners of prestigious Edinburgh City centre venue, the Omni Centre.
Advised Aareal Bank AG on a circa £275m facility for the refurbishment of both the Caledonian Edinburgh Hotel and the Hilton Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh.
Advised Corum XL on the £48.5m acquisition of the multi-let prime office building, 1 West Regent Street, Glasgow.
Practice head
Drew Wallace
Other key lawyers
Steve Edgecombe; Finlay Campbell; Seb Galastro; Rory Paterson