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Biography
Louisa Roe is a real estate lawyer based in London.
Louisa focuses her practice on all aspects of commercial property work, including: acquisitions and disposals, funding, development and portfolio management. She has particularly extensive experience in complex letting transactions, acting for both landlords and tenants. She also acts for property companies, institutional investors, real estate funds and occupiers.
Louisa is recognised for her capabilities in Legal 500 UK and ranked as a Next Generation Partner in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales 2006
Advising:
- BentallGreenOak's West End of London Property Unit Trust – on the acquisition, letting, financing and disposal of various properties in central London including 20 St James's Street, SW1, Warner House, WC1 and North West House, NW1
- The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan – on its re-development at 78 St James's Street, SW1
- Olympus Property Holdings Limited - on the first pre-lettings at the £1.5bn Olympia London redevelopment; with AEG Presents for a new 4,400 seat music venue and Trafalgar Entertainment Group for a 1,500 seat theatre, the biggest new permanent theatre to open in London since the 1970s
- VF International – on the pre-letting of a circa 600,000 square foot 'built-to-suit' distribution centre
- Bank of Montreal – on the pre-letting of its new London office headquarters at British Land's 100 Liverpool Street, EC2
- Korn/Ferry International – on the complex restructuring of its UK headquarters leases at Ryder Court, SW1 and its occupational leases in Manchester
- McLaren Group – on the development of the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey and on its occupational lease requirements generally
- Battersea Power Station Development Company – on title due diligence and financing of the Battersea Power Station site development
Next Generation Partner, Legal 500 UK, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Rising Star, Legal 500 UK, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
- Co-author, Prelets: Forward Thinking, Estates Gazette, February 2014
- Co-author, Beware of occupational hazards, Estates Gazette, July 2017
- Co-author, Rip it up and start again? How the traditional lease model must evolve, Estates Gazette, April 2021
- The Circle Partnership's Mentoring Circle
- Oxford Real Estate Society
- Real Estate Balance
News
54 lawyers globally promoted as 2022 partner class
January 11, 2022
Insights
MIPIM
Publication | February 28, 2024
Real estate focus podcast - Green Leasing
Podcast | August 01, 2022