Norton Rose Fulbright real estate

Our London real estate team continues to play to its core strengths – its global practice, banking and corporate experience in the real estate sector and in-depth knowledge of major infrastructure, energy and regeneration projects.

Recent highlights

• Advising a joint venture of institutional investors on the £296 million acquisition of the Olympia London Exhibition Centre.
• Advising HB Reavis on the sale of 33 King William Street, London EC4 (“33 Central”) to major US bank Wells Fargo for its new European headquarters.
• Advising Eco World on its £2 billion joint venture and financing with Ballymore to develop London residential schemes.
• Advising on the financing and redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
• Advising DP World on the £1.5 billion development of London Gateway – the UK’s largest container port alongside Europe’s largest logistics park.
• Advising Ivanhoé Cambridge Residential in relation to the joint venture financing of over £500 million in prime residential investment properties in Central London.
• Advising London City Airport on its successful planning appeal for the expansion of terminal and airfield infrastructure through the City Airport Development Programme.
• Advising Commerz Real on the joint venture funding arrangements for a £600 million extension to the Westfield London Shopping Centre, making it the largest shopping centre in Europe.
• Advising a private Asian investor on the acquisition of 7 and 8 St James’s Square, London for a combined total of £245.9 million.
• Advising on the acquisition and financing of the iconic Old War Office Building in Whitehall for conversion into one of the finest hotels in London and luxury residences, and long term investment.
• Advising on over £15 billion of Central London investment and finance transactions involving one or more international parties.