SJ Berwin acted for Evans Randall on the private investment bank’s £191m acquisition of high-rise building 25 North Colonnade in London from Canary Wharf. Real estate partner David Ryland led the team for SJ Berwin, while Clifford Chance property lawyer Justin Turner represented the vendors.

Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw advised HSBC’s UK Active Property Fund on its £24.25m disposal of 48-acre business park Drayton Manor to First Industrial Limited. London real estate partner James Dodsworth led for Mayer Brown while Halliwells real estate partner Adam Perry acted for First Industrial.