Chambers Review
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Investment Funds: Real Estate - UK
What the Team is Known For
Eversheds Sutherland is active across a range of fund types, including real estate funds and closed-ended listed funds. It is especially well known for its strength in the open-ended funds space. Its impressive bench of practitioners demonstrates deep industry knowledge and frequently handles regulated and UCITS or NURS (non-UCITS regulated scheme) funds, with extensive experience of developing complex products for retail and institutional investors. The team assists asset managers and depositary banks with their AIFMD implementation, while also advising on matters relating to Property Authorised Investment Funds and Authorised Corporate Schemes. Eversheds Sutherland has extensive experience of launching real estate funds, which typically have values in the hundreds of millions. Beyond fund formation, the group is able to support on capital raising, debt raising and regulatory compliance, including ESG.
Strengths
The Eversheds Sutherland team have a great ability to understand the industry and give practical, no-nonsense advice.
They're really knowledgeable lawyers who are very easy to use and always provide comprehensive advice. It's helpful to get a feel from them on more strategic matters.
The team demonstrate a strong understanding of the industry and are also able to assist in a timely manner.
Eversheds is one of the leading retail funds practices, with a number of very experienced lawyers.
They are an approachable firm who are very knowledgeable on the topics they are providing legal advice on.
Work Highlights
Eversheds Sutherland advised Aviva on its inaugural long-term asset fund.
Eversheds Sutherland counselled Gresham House Energy Storage Fund on its placing and retail offer.
Eversheds Sutherland advised Columbia Threadneedle on the change of classification of its Luxembourg common fund.
Notable practitioners
Richard Batchelor advises both investors and fund managers in the real estate sector. He regularly provides guidance on fund structuring and fundraising.
Richard is knowledgeable, but also makes it accessible and understandable for a wider audience. He doesn't try to overcomplicate things. He's very user-friendly and good with people.
Richard is very friendly and personable, commercial, experienced and pragmatic. He is technically aware, capable of tailoring advice and focused on good service.
Richard is really skilled and highly knowledgeable in all real estate funds.
He's very commercial, is responsive and goes to quite some length to understand our desired outcome before providing us with advice, and he comes up with things we may not have thought about.