SECTORS SERVICES INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE Home Sectors Current: Real estate investment Real estate investment Real estate investment The global search for yield has increased the appetite and demand for Real Estate investment - a key asset class for investors and a key area of expertise for us. Our understanding of your business and the market enable us to help deliver the best return on your portfolio, to your investors and shareholders. We specialise in: Mainstream Sci-tech Investment through Finance Patient Capital Investments Healthcare Beds and Living Higher Education We draw upon the deep sector expertise within Mills and Reeve, advising on everything from day-to-day management of your assets to significant transactions. We know the importance of outstanding service in this complex, high value area. We get to know you and your portfolio so we can work in a way that suits you, and support your goals. Our lawyers We build a dedicated team with investment sector expertise that aligns with your team and business. This provides continuity of knowledge and enables us to offer informed, commercial advice. Our experience Our recent sector experience includes: Direct acquisitions and disposals, such as the sale of six assets for two institutional portfolios Corporate real estate transactions, such as Pandox’s purchase of the Jury’s Inn portfolio for £800million Debt funds Forward funding and income strip deals, such as the acquisition and letting of One The Square, Cambridge and the income strip deal with Legal & General of a student accommodation site Patient Capital Investments Portfolio asset and property management Acquisition and management of ground rent portfolios Mainstream and alternative asset classes Our clients Our clients include high profile property investors such as: Clients of Aberdeen Standard Homes England AgFe Bruntwood Derwent London Fidelity UK Real Estate Fund Floreat Group The Hillview Group LaSalle Investment Management Lendlease London and Regional Properties Clients of Nuveen Real Estate Pembroke Real Estate PGIM RPMI Railpen Royal Mail Pension Plan Urban&Civic Legal resources you may find useful www.property-matters-law.co.uk Our e-briefings and blogs provide regular updates and commentary on the latest legal news in the ever-changing world of real estate and planning. Did you know? &#163;120million Acted for a pension fund on the acquisition of a long leasehold interest in connection with a £multi-million development funding. &#163;85million Value of the central London office building acquired by a listed UK REIT we advised. &#163;40million Value of the hotel acquired by a pension fund we advised. What our clients say... I have worked with Michael Giess and his team for many years and during that time both our asset management and investment teams have experienced first class service. Shaun Reed LaSalle Investment Management Further reading 24 November 2021 Insight Heat and Building Strategy The Heat and Buildings strategy (“the Strategy”) set outs the government’s actions and long-term plan to significantly reduce carbon emissions from UK households and workplaces in an affordable and green way. Bookmark this page 5 min read 18 November 2021 Insight COP26 – Building change in real estate? Since the UN Environment and International Energy Agency Global Status Report 2017 identified that buildings and construction account for an incredible 36% of worldwide energy usage and 39% of CO2 emissions, it has been clear that substantial adaptation would be required from the real estate industry in order to meet the pledges of more than 130 countries to reach net zero by 2050. Bookmark this page 5 min read 18 November 2021 Insight Conservation covenants: a welcome legal tool in the battle to save our environment In a week where the focus has been on COP26 and the significant global challenge of holding temperature rises, it may have slipped your attention that the Environment Act 2021 (“EA 2021”) placed onto the statute books the important concept of “conservation covenants”. Bookmark this page 4 min read 4 November 2021 Insight 5G network as a foundation for autonomous driving – what will that mean for the built environment? Christopher Bartley explores how 5G might be used for autonomous driving and how that could impact on the built landscape Bookmark this page 5 min read Related sectors and services Science and technology parks Beds and living Patient capital investment Construction and engineering Education Energy Renewables Food and agribusiness Health and care Corporate law Corporate tax Real estate tax Finance Planning law Real estate Real estate disputes Your main contact Charles Staveley Partner +(44)(0)1223 222490 +(44)(0)7788 977016 Cambridge Contact us Meet the team Real estate blog Our Real estate blog offers you regular updates and commentary on the latest legal news in the ever changing world of real estate. The blog posts are written by our team of specialist real estate lawyers. 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