Real Estate

White & Case and Wragges add local lawyers in Paris push

By Suzi Ring | September 8, 2010

White & Case and Wragge & Co have both bulked up their Paris practices, hiring a number of local lawyers. White & Case has joined forces with local litigation boutique Beaussier & Associes, adding a team of two partners, one counsel and four associates. The tie-up gifts the US firm a white-collar practice in its Paris office.

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Stephenson Harwood adds partner duo with Travers and Wragges hires

By Suzi Ring | September 6, 2010

Stephenson Harwood has bulked up its City real estate arm with two lateral hires from Travers Smith and Wragge & Co. Neil Murray has joined Stephenson Harwood's real estate finance practice after 11 years as head of banking at Travers. He has been at the firm for the last 25 years. He specialises in property finance, acquisition finance, securitisation, projects, corporate lending and restructuring.

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Norton Rose, Ashurst and Hogan Lovells score lead roles on billion-dollar PPP

By Friederike Heine | August 26, 2010

Norton Rose and Ashurst have won lead roles on the largest-ever sports facilities public private partnership (PPP) - the S$1.4bn (£664m) development of a major sports complex in Singapore. Singapore Sports Hub Consortium, which was appointed by the Singapore Government as the preferred bidder in 2008, has instructed Norton Rose as primary legal adviser.

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McGrigors signs up 10-strong Hammonds team in raft of new hires

By Claire Ruckin | August 26, 2010

McGrigors has bulked up its ranks across the UK with 15 new recruits, including a contentious construction team from Hammonds. The 10-strong team joins McGrigors as part a total of 12 recent hires for the firm's Manchester office. The Hammonds team includes partners David Moss, Paul Giles and Richard Anderson. Moss, Hammonds' former international head of construction, handed in his notice at the end of March this year, on one of only two days each year on which equity partners are able to resign from the firm.

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Walker Morris Leeds headquarters sold to Swiss private trust

By Friederike Heine | August 26, 2010

The Leeds headquarters of national firm Walker Morris has been sold to a Swiss private trust in a multimillion-pound real estate investment deal. Kings Court in Leeds city centre has been sold by a local investment team from property consultancy King Sturge, acting on behalf of Alliance Trust Real Estate Partnership, an investment company based in Dundee.

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CC appoints Spain real estate chief to head up global practice

By Sofia Lind | August 24, 2010

Clifford Chance (CC) has elected a new global real estate head with the firm's Spanish practice chief taking on the firmwide remit. Alfonso Benavides will take on the role from 1 September, suceeding Cliff McAuley, who is retiring from the firm. McAuley has led the real estate practice group for more than seven years after first being appointed in January 2003.

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Freshfields real estate team breaks off in Hamburg to launch new firm

By Suzi Ring | August 12, 2010

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to lose a team of real estate lawyers from its Hamburg office as the group departs to launch a spinoff firm. The team, which is led by partner Erwin von Bressensdorf, will leave Freshfields at the end of the month, leaving three real estate partners in the magic circle firm's Hamburg base and a total of 10 real estate partners across Freshfields' German offices. Bressensdorf has been a partner at the firm since 1989 and specialises in advising domestic and foreign developers, investors and financial institutions on commercial property law.

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MoJ cost savings spark fears of widespread job losses

By Claire Ruckin | August 11, 2010

A third of the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) 80,000 staff could see their jobs at risk under plans to cut £2bn from the department's annual budget, a union has warned. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has expressed fears that £2bn of the MoJ's £9bn budget will be axed within the first two years of the next spending review, which will be announced on 20 October. The union fears that 15,000 of the MoJ's 80,000 staff could be at risk of losing their jobs under the cuts, which it says are the equivalent of the entire budget for prisons.

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Trowers reviews associate roles in wake of public sector spending cuts

By Sofia Lind | August 9, 2010

Trowers & Hamlins is considering making a number of redundancies following the Government's recent announcement on public sector spending cuts. Trowers confirmed that it is currently reviewing three or four associate roles in its public sector practice across the UK, but that it had not yet reached a final decision. The firm cited the Government's plans to cut public sector spending as the principal reason for the potential layoffs.

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Linklaters, SJ Berwin and Ashurst lead on development of new UBS City HQ

By Friederike Heine | August 5, 2010

Linklaters and SJ Berwin have taken lead roles on the £340m development and pre-let of the new UBS headquarters on the Broadgate Estate in London. Bluebutton Properties, a joint venture company owned by British Land and Blackstone, has secured a 700,000 sq ft pre-let with UBS at the estate. The new building, when completed, will be the largest office block in the City.

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Daily Business Review

South Florida Engineering Firm Hit With $11 Million Breach-of-Contract Suit

By Melea VanOstrand | October 3, 2022

Alleged design errors included the sheer wall structural wall system, which would have to be evacuated if wind speeds were forecasted to exceed 70 mph.

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Daily Business Review

'Don't Negotiate With Terrorists': Attorney Seeking to Cure South Florida's Deed Blackmail Problem With Litigation

By Melea VanOstrand | October 3, 2022

It's a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that exhibits a type of extortion that's rife in Florida, according to the plaintiffs attorney who said litigation can be an effective tool for holding blackmailers accountable.

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Corporate Counsel

Rocket Companies Names New Legal Chief as Longtime GC Retires

By Phillip Bantz | October 3, 2022

The parent company of Rocket Mortgage and several other fintech brands has tapped deputy GC Tina John to succeed Angelo Vitale as legal chief.

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Daily Business Review

Ian Shows the Risks and Costs of Living on Barrier Islands

By Ben Finley and Steve Helber | October 3, 2022

Many homeowners bought their properties before people were fully aware of climate change and the risks of sea-level rise, Florida's director of the Environmental Defense Fund said.

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Daily Report Online

Family Sues Chase, McCalla Raymer for Alleged Wrongful Foreclosure

By ALM Staff | October 3, 2022

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Daily Business Review

Weil Hires McDermott Real Estate Partner in Miami and New York

By Dan Roe | September 30, 2022

Pejman (Pej) Razavilar joined the firm this week as real estate demand in Florida and across the Southeast remains strong.

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Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale Attorney Hit with Malpractice Lawsuit

By Michael A. Mora | September 30, 2022

"This can happen to anybody," said J. Chris Bristow, a partner at Critton Luttier & Coleman. "It doesn't matter if you have one year of experience or four decades of experience."

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Daily Business Review

'We're Just Buying Time': Hurricane Ian Is a Wake-Up Call for South Florida's Real Estate Market

By Melea VanOstrand | September 30, 2022

"We need to reorganize the city, neighborhood by neighborhood, and to move out of zones of volatility, especially for a lot of the workforce housing. That may mean higher ground."

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Daily Business Review

SEC Sues Florida Real Estate Agent

By ALM Staff | September 30, 2022

This lawsuit was surfaced on Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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Daily Business Review

Storm-Battered Florida Businesses Face Arduous Rebuilding

By David Koenig | September 30, 2022

Previous strong hurricanes have caused a temporary spike in unemployment in leisure and hospitality businesses and some real estate fields such as property management, followed by a surge in hiring by construction crews during the rebuilding phase.

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