Real Estate

Manches real estate partner in Cripps switch

By Claire Ruckin | February 5, 2010

Cripps Harries Hall has expanded its real estate team with the hire of Matthew Cox from Manches. Cox joined the firm's Tunbridge Wells office as a partner in the property team last month (1 January) after serving almost eight years as a non-contentious partner at Manches' London arm.

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Reed Smith invests in City real estate with Olswang partner hire

By Emma Sadowski | January 27, 2010

Reed Smith has bolstered its London real estate practice, making its second lateral hire into the group within a month. Real estate partner Philip Olmer is set to join the international firm next month from Olswang, where he has been a partner for more than a decade.

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Government infrastructure body names Linklaters as sole legal adviser

By Jeremy Hodges | January 27, 2010

Linklaters has been named as the sole legal adviser to a new Government body intended to co-ordinate infrastructure projects in the UK and aid private sector investment. The magic circle firm has been appointed to advise Infrastructure UK (IUK), which was set up towards the end of last year as part of the Pre-Budget Report in a bid to prioritise and fund infrastructure in the UK over the next 50 years.

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Eight partners to join Clydes as firm confirms Shadbolt merger details

By Emma Sadowski | January 25, 2010

Clyde & Co has finalised plans to acquire parts of construction boutique Shadbolt, it was announced today (25 January). The UK top 20 firm is set to take over Shadbolt's London-based construction and infrastructure projects and disputes groups, as well as its UK corporate practice and Paris office.

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Simmons regains prized role as MoD unveils new projects panel

By Sofia Lind | January 13, 2010

Simmons & Simmons has won back its position on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) major projects panel four years after being dropped from the roster. The top 15 City law firm is one of seven firms to be appointed by the MoD for a four-year term starting last week (10 January). Field Fisher Waterhouse is also a new addition to the panel while Wragge & Co, Pinsent Masons, Denton Wilde Sapte, Mills & Reeve and Shepherd and Wedderburn have been reappointed.

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Mishcons recruits SJB real estate partner duo

By Legal Week | January 5, 2010

Mishcon de Reya has recruited two real estate partners from SJ Berwin, with Nick Minkoff and Stephen Hughes set join the London firm. Minkoff, who made partner at SJ Berwin in 2004, will join Mishcons later this month (18 January) while Hughes' start date is still being negotiated.

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Reed Smith adds two partners in the City with Dentons and Shell hires

By Legal Week | January 4, 2010

Reed Smith has bolstered its London offering with the addition of two new partners in the City. Former Reed Smith energy partner Sian Fellows has rejoined the firm from oil giant Shell, where she spent three years in a senior in-house role. Meanwhile, real estate lawyer Jimmy Theodorou joins as a partner from Denton Wilde Sapte, where he was an associate.

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Property team of the year

By Legal Week | December 8, 2009

The judges singled out SJ Berwin's work advising on the £127m acquisition of Milton Gate in the City of London for the complexity of the work and its unusual financing. The team, which was led by partner David Ryland, advised investment house Evans Randall on its joint venture with Al Salam Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic bank, to acquire and finance Addleshaw Goddard's new 200,000 sq ft City offices. It was one of the largest City of London office transactions this year.

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Young in-house lawyer of the year

By Legal Week | December 8, 2009

Within three years of joining BASF's legal department Helen Koerner was appointed company secretary and de facto head of legal for its northern European operations. Koerner qualified in 2001 and started out her career as a property specialist. She joined BASF's legal department in 2004 to manage its property portfolio but was soon taking on a much broader role within the company.

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CMS Moscow partner quits to join Magisters

By Legal Week | December 3, 2009

CMS Moscow has lost a top-rated partner with Kirill Ratnikov moving to CIS heavyweight Magisters today (3 December). Ratnikov, who focuses on public-private partnerships (PPP) and corporate law, led the Moscow infrastructure and project finance group at CMS Moscow, having joined CMS Cameron McKenna's Moscow office in 2004 from Coudert Brothers. He began his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

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Daily Business Review

Here's How a Swiss Real Estate Firm Plans to Develop Rare Site in Brickell Area

By Melea VanOstrand | September 12, 2022

"The city is benefitting from a strong in-migration from other states and all over the world, and we have a very positive outlook on the future of Miami and its population's growth," said Rafael Aregger of Empira Group's Head of Investments US.

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Daily Business Review

Business Travel Has Forever Changed, and South Florida's Hospitality Sector Must Adapt

By Melea VanOstrand | September 12, 2022

"Whether it was [the Zika virus] before the pandemic and with the uptick in COVID cases, people are less inclined to go to large business meetings."

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Daily Business Review

Making the Office 'Fun' Will Be Key to Attracting and Keeping Talent in South Florida

By Melea VanOstrand | September 12, 2022

"You have to offer some sort of optionality," said Andrew Trench of Cushman & Wakefield. "What we're seeing is an upgrade for everyone in order to create a comfortable, fun, exciting environment in the office, that ultimately compels employees to come in and motivates them to be in the office instead of having to be in the office."

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Daily Business Review

Filed Too Late: Legal Malpractice Suit Against Bilzin Sumberg Thrown Out on Appeal

By Raychel Lean | September 9, 2022

The ruling centered around a $16 million real estate investment and a two-year statute of limitations for professional malpractice claims.

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Daily Business Review

Area to Watch: The Industrial Neighborhood of West Miami-Dade Is Evolving

By Melea VanOstrand | September 8, 2022

"That neighborhood is a largely industrial neighborhood that's evolving into a mixed-use environment. The trail, and housing along the trail, are going to have a big impact in making that evolution," said Greg West, CEO of ZOM Living.

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Daily Business Review

'Gently Nudging Attorneys Back Into the Office': Amenities Played a Key Role in This South Florida Law Firm's Office Revamp

By Melea VanOstrand | September 7, 2022

One way many law firms are attracting new talent is through upgraded office spaces and amenities.

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Daily Business Review

Luxury Real Estate Company Facing Housing Discrimination Suit

By ALM Staff | September 7, 2022

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

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New York Law Journal

Town Justice Agrees to Censure; Admits Invoking Judicial Office on Wife's Behalf

By Brian Lee | September 7, 2022

According to the commission, a Town Justice who is a non-lawyer acknowledged that it was improper for him to have advocated for his wife in court as if he were an attorney, and to have disparaged a prospective tenant in a lawsuit.

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Pro Mid Market

North Carolina's Booming Healthcare and IP Industries Boost Brooks Pierce

By Dan Roe | September 6, 2022

Growth is coming naturally for the midsize firm, but managing partner Reid Phillips said preserving the firm's "well-knit" culture is top-of-mind as the 107-lawyer firm accommodates expansion.

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The Recorder

Sheppard Mullin Takes Real Estate Partner Trio From Sidley in New York

By Jessie Yount | September 6, 2022

The group represents financial institutions in real estate finance transactions and construction projects, "many of which have helped to shape and enrich the New York skyline," as well as workouts and remedies, according to firm leaders.

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