Nabarro Nathanson real estate partner Barry Morris acted for an undisclosed offshore private client on the sale of Leon House on Croydon High Street to Exemplar Properties in a deal worth £35m. The premises are let to 14 tenants including publishing giants IPC and Emap. Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw real estate partner Peter Sugden represented Exemplar.

Macfarlanes property partner Richard Reuben has led a team advising ING Real Estate Development on the £200m redevelopment of the King Alfred Sports Centre in Hove, Sussex. Brighton and Hove City Council was represented by an in-house team led by principal solicitor Bob Bruce and an Olswang team spearheaded by public sector consultant Ted Totman.