Reed Smith has added to its fledgling private equity real estate (PERE) practice in London with the hire of two partners from Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters.

Robert Porter, formerly of A&O advises PERE firms, sovereign funds, property companies and financial institutions, has already joined Reed Smith, while Luke Mines is set to join in early 2015 from Linklaters, where he was a senior associate in the firm’s corporate real estate group.