Nicholson Graham & Jones has advised Henderson UK Retail Warehouse Fund on its further £25m investment in the Cambridge Retail Park Limited Partnership, with property partner Wayne Smith heading the team. Nabarro Nathanson partner Derek Reynolds acted for the seller, Merrill Lynch Property Fund.

Pinsents senior planning associate Richard Ford fronted a team advising East London boroughs, Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, on the approval of a series of planning applications concerning London’s bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012. The boroughs have given outline permission for the proposed London Olympic Park, which will be the hub of sporting activity.