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Investment Funds: Real Estate - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

CMS has a strong real estate funds practice that is regularly called upon by its international client base to advise on high-profile fundraisings and investments. CMS also has an impressive offering in terms of authorised and retail funds as well as quoted investment trusts. Complex secondary offerings, IPOs and other securities work form the basis of the listed funds practice, and fund mergers and formation and UCITS advice comprise the group's open-ended offering. The team maintains longstanding relationships with leading asset managers, particularly those based in Scotland, and continues to advise them on investment fund products. The funds group is also able to draw on expertise from its international offices to assist in cross-border work.

Notable practitioners

Amanda Howard is a partner and key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

  • CMS represented PATRIZIA in connection with the client's investment into Aligned Data Centers.

  • They area a very good law firm, providing good value for money. We think they are one of the best law firms in this asset class. They are our first port of call in real estate.

Strengths

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CMS are very responsive, have a joined-up approach across teams and are commercial.

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They are a firm that is well known in the UK, with a high degree of quality and focus on real estate. The client service has been of high quality and the experience has been great

Investment Funds: Real Estate respondent
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CMS have a great bench strength and an excellent client service.

Investment Funds: Real Estate respondent
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The partners and associates have provided great service. We find CMS better value than other firms that we work with, as generally we get less unexpected billings.

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Notable Practitioners

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Amanda Howard
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Amanda Howard
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Senior Statespeople
Amanda Howard leads the funds practice at CMS. She advises leading fund managers on the formation of European-focused real estate funds.

Amanda is the pre eminent lawyer in the UK for this work.

Amanda Howard is more than just a lawyer. She is an eminent practitioner. She is head and shoulders above the rest in the UK that I've see.

She is responsive, aware of the commercial pressures and through her network of peers, she is well placed to advise us on issues.

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Darren Stolzenberg
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European real estate funds form the core of Darren Stolzenberg's practice. He advises clients from beginning to end on matters including formation, restructuring and closure.

Darren is quick witted, knows the rules, knows his stuff, is commercially-minded and applies his knowledge efficiently.

Darren and the team are knowledgeable, problem-solving, candid and highly available, which helps us get things done well. There is not much more you could ask for.

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Patrick Groves
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Patrick Groves
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Band 4

Patrick Groves is well respected for his practice, advising large real estate funds on a range of mandates, including closed and open-ended fund launches and restructuring.

Patrick is a high-class operator who is exceptionally responsive and competent.

Patrick is very responsive and commercial.

His expertise, responsiveness, and commercial understanding consistently set the standard, and our confidence in him has been instrumental in building and maintaining the relationship.

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Victoria Henry
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Victoria Henry
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Band 4
Victoria Henry is experienced in assisting investment management firms on their investments, as well as on the formation of real estate funds.

She is incredibly experienced and I think she's great.

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Investment Funds: Real Estate
Amanda Howard
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Amanda Howard
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Darren Stolzenberg
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Patrick Groves
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Patrick Groves
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Victoria Henry
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Victoria Henry
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Band 4
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