Charles Pinkerton
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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Biography
Charlie Pinkerton is a real estate lawyer based in London. Charlie has a broad, multidisciplinary real estate practice and acts for a range of clients from developers, investors, operators, private equity, lenders, and investment managers across all asset classes.
Client testimonials:
- “Charlie Pinkerton is thoroughly knowledgeable and always makes himself available at short notice to answer difficult questions or deal with more complex matters that arise during a transaction.” Legal 500 UK 2024
- “Charlie Pinkerton is extremely commercial and very easy to work with and get along with….” Legal 500 UK 2022
- “Charlie is a pleasure to work with.” Legal 500 UK 2023
Professional experience
Collapse all- Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
· BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) on the acquisition of 25 Victoria Street, a grade-A building in central London, for £42.5m, marking the first UK acquisition of its European Impact Property Fund (EIPF).
· Civitas Investment Management Limited - leading a team on the £200m acquisition of a portfolio of specialist schools and children’s homes from CareTech.
· Caleus – acting for a Berlin based investment firm on its first acquisition in the UK with the purchase of 19-24 Dering Street, a prime mixed-use freehold building in Mayfair, London W1 from Legal & General.
· Funding Affordable Homes – advising on the forward funding of 173 affordable homes at Island Point, London Borough of Tower Hamlets from developer, City Pride Limited. The development comprised 109 social rented; 33 affordable rented; and 31 shared ownership homes.
· Prudential – advising on the £82m sale and leaseback of Prudential’s 106,000 square feet headquarters at 12 Arthur Street, London to CIT Group and Oman's State General Reserve Fund.
· PE fund – advising a PE fund on their bid to acquire the £1.46bn Network Rail commercial estate portfolio.
· Exane SA (Exane BNP Paribas) – advising on 40,000 sq.ft. office pre-let at Great Portland Estates’ new development at 1 Newman Street / 70 Oxford Street, London W1.
· Funding Affordable Homes – advising on their forward funding of 35 affordable homes at the Landmark Pinnacle Tower, London for shared ownership.
· Overseas investor – advising on the sale and leaseback of a portfolio of specialist warehouses.
· Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners – advising on the real estate aspects of the development of a waste to energy plant in Teesside.
· TotalEnergies – advising on the acquisition of one of the UK’s largest EV charging networks.
· The Crown Estate – advising on the leasing aspects of the Round 3 offshore wind project developments, wave and tidal and offshore test and demonstration sites.
· Deutsche Bank – advising on the financing of a 40MW biomass facility at Port Clarence, Teesside.
· Octopus Investments Limited – advising on the sale of a portfolio of 26 solar projects to an institutional investor.
· Greencoat UK Wind plc and Greencoat Renewable Income LP – advising on the £250m acquisition of a 25 percent stake in Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm from Danish pension fund PKA.
· Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc (GSEF), London’s first stock market listed energy storage fund, on the acquisition of a portfolio of 81MW UK battery storage assets.
· Civitas Investment Management – advising on the acquisition of a large number of portfolios of existing specialised supported living accommodation and residential care properties and the acquisition of residential properties adapted for the same purchase on behalf of a well known Hong Kong investor.