Real Estate

A&O, BLP and DLA win roles on Middle East real estate roster

By Legal Week | March 22, 2010

Middle East real estate company Aldar has named the firms on its first formal legal panel, with Allen & Overy (A&O), Berwin Leighton Paisner and DLA Piper all winning roles. The Abu Dhabi property developer and investor finalised the review during the last quarter of 2009 with appointments made at the beginning of the year.

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Hammonds eyes real estate revival with trio of senior hires

By Claire Ruckin | March 18, 2010

Hammonds has expanded its real estate team and launched a planning group in London with three senior hires. The national law firm is to launch a planning group in the City with the hire of Oliver Goodwin, who is set to join the firm in April from Mishcon de Reya, where he was head of planning and environment.

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Taylor Wessing recruits Hammonds partner for Dubai arm

By Suzi Ring | March 10, 2010

Taylor Wessing has hired Hammonds partner Mark Fraser to bulk up its Dubai construction practice. Fraser, who will join the UK top 50 firm at the start of May, has been a partner at Hammonds for three years, and has advised on construction law, arbitration and insurance matters, with a focus on the Middle East.

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Eversheds and CC lead on £250m UK retail property joint venture

By Claire Ruckin | March 10, 2010

Eversheds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles advising on a £250m joint venture between property investment company NewRiver and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) to invest in UK retail property. The Guernsey-registered joint venture, which will be known as NewRiver Retail Investments, has an acquisition capacity of more than £250m including leverage and has already made its first portfolio acquisition.

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Iberia: Building the road ahead

By Legal Week | March 3, 2010

Portugal currently has a significant public-private partnership (PPP) market, with several projects already concluded and many more in the pipeline. As a percentage of gross domestic product, the country has the highest level of investment in PPP/private finance initiatives (PFI) in the EU. Although the road sector is the most active, there is also a variety of other projects in sectors including energy, railways, waste, prisons, healthcare and airports.

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Iberia: Remodelling the real estate market

By Legal Week | March 3, 2010

The Bill introducing the long-awaited Sociedades Cotizadas de Inversion en el Mercado Inmobiliario (SOCIMIs) in Spain - similar to the UK's Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) - was finally passed on 26 October 2009 after a complete change in circumstances resulting from the real estate crisis. Although the Spanish Government has been heavily criticised for not introducing REITs when the real estate market was at its peak, some experts consider that the introduction of SOCIMIs could be the appropriate incentive to restart the Spanish market.

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Eversheds public sector partner makes switch to Beachcroft

By Claire Ruckin | March 1, 2010

Beachcroft has expanded its public sector team with the hire of Eversheds partner Eve Gregory. Gregory joins the national firm today (1 March) as a partner in the Leeds office after serving nine years as a partner at Eversheds, where she was responsible for the UK top 10 firm's health estates group in the north.

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Field Fisher Hamburg partner duo quit to launch new business

By Friederike Heine | February 26, 2010

Field Fisher Waterhouse has seen two of the founding members of its German practice leave the firm. Partners Frank Moerchen and Thomas Demmel, who helped to launch the firm's Hamburg office in 2007, are leaving Field Fisher to set up their own business. The pair will launch CORE Business Lawyers in early March. The new business will focus on corporate and real estate transactions.

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Camerons real estate chief in Bristol move as firm aims to compete with nationals

By Sofia Lind | February 24, 2010

CMS Cameron McKenna's real estate head Edward Benzecry is set to relocate to Bristol as he steps down from leading the practice group. Benzecry, who was not eligible to stand for a third four-year term leading the real estate practice, is due to relocate on 1 May.

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A&O set to launch new office in Qatar with transfer of City partner

By Sofia Lind | February 15, 2010

Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to launch an office in Qatar with the relocation of City real estate partner Robert Porter. The magic circle firm received approval from the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority earlier today (15 February), allowing it to practise both international and local law from the office.

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The Recorder

DLA Piper Signs 52,000-Square-Foot Lease in Palo Alto, Embracing 'High Performance Flexibility'

By Jessie Yount | September 16, 2022

The new space is less than half the size of its current office, and comes as DLA Piper embraces hybrid work and hoteling.

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Law.com

Boston-Based Burns & Levinson Acquires Environmental-Focused Boutique

By Jason Grant | September 16, 2022

The Mackie Shea attorneys have joined Burns & Levinson's environmental and real estate groups, giving the law firm what it says is "one of the largest environmental practices in the region."

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Daily Business Review

Jones Day Boosts 2 Practice Groups With Partner Pickups From GrayRobinson, DLA Piper

By Raychel Lean | September 15, 2022

The hires come as Jones Day's Miami office approaches its 10th year, and as the firm aims to strengthen its transactional and litigation capabilities in South Florida and globally.

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The Recorder

loanDepot Hires Ex-Bank of America Lawyer as Legal Chief Amid Layoffs, Restructuring

By Phillip Bantz | September 15, 2022

Gregory Smallwood, a former associate GC at Bank of America, joins the mortgage lender as it restructures, cuts thousands of jobs and increases its focus on first-time and diverse homebuyers.

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Daily Business Review

5 Minutes to Leave: Commercial Landlords Removing Tenants for Personal Gain in Growing Trend, South Florida Attorney Says

By Melea VanOstrand | September 15, 2022

"They're saying, 'I declare that this building is unsafe, everyone has to leave.' In light of what happened with Surfside, it's a tough thing to argue with," said David Winker, who represents the tenants.

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Corporate Counsel

loanDepot Hires Former Bank of America Lawyer as Legal Chief Amid Layoffs, Restructuring

By Phillip Bantz | September 15, 2022

Gregory Smallwood, a former associate GC at Bank of America, joins the mortgage lender as it restructures, cuts thousands of jobs and increases its focus on first-time and diverse homebuyers.

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Daily Business Review

Litigation Between Feuding South Beach Hotel Partners Revived With New Miami Claim

By Melea VanOstrand | September 14, 2022

A breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit between two South Beach hotel partners that fell flat in Miami-Dade Circuit Court early this year is back after…

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Daily Report Online

Climate Change Is a Business Issue For Law Firms. Here's How to Prepare

By Raychel Lean | September 14, 2022

In the long run, it's going to get more expensive to develop real estate in low-lying areas or anywhere susceptible to sea level rise, according to experts.

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New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

By Scott Mollen | September 13, 2022

Scott Mollen discusses 'West Side Marquis, LLC v. De Jourdan,' where it was held that a newly enacted rent control law supersedes a private agreement between the landlord and tenants; and 'Matter of Obus v. New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal,' where the court held that the petitioners' frequent use of their New York vacation home does not make them state residents.

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New York Law Journal

Seyfarth Shaw Appoints New Real Estate Partner

By Ingrid Tunberg | September 12, 2022

Seyfarth has hired Patterson Belknap-veteran Jason Polevoy to serve in its New York office.

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