About

Provided by Greenberg Traurig, LLP

  • Investment Fund Formation: We structure and establish investment funds across the real estate sector, both domestically and internationally, for some of the largest and most prestigious fund managers in the industry.
  • Joint Ventures and Partnerships: We structure strategic joint ventures, programmatic partnerships and subsidiary structures for property investment between managers, institutional investors, lenders, developers, REITs, and private owners, involving single assets and real estate portfolios.
  • Acquisitions and Disposals: We structure, negotiate and consummate complex international and domestic real estate acquisitions, sales of strategic assets and complex re-capitalisation transactions for listed, unlisted, controlled, and privately-owned real estate companies in Europe.
  • Platform Creation: We structure and establish manager platforms for groups of individuals in the real estate sector and their financial backers, advising on all aspects of the platform creation including the optimal tax and regulatory structure for the management team, their financial backers and any third party investors.




Chambers Review

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Investment Funds: Real Estate - UK

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Greenberg Traurig maintains a well-developed practice that focuses on providing extensive support to real estate and infrastructure funds. It can handle matters concerning both large-scale debt and equity funds. The team at Greenberg Traurig provides all-round assistance to clients on fundraising, joint ventures, secondary transactions and final fund closing, among other matters.

Work Highlights

  • Greenberg Traurig advised Brydell Partners on the launch of its £400 million Series IV Fund.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Steven Cowins
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Steven Cowins
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Band 1

Steven Cowins specialises in the formation of UK and European real estate funds, while also working with leading clients on joint ventures and club deals.

I trust Steven to tell me when something won't work and to steer me onto the right path. I appreciate his straightforwardness, ability to put things in layman's terms and awareness of the commercial.

He has good market knowledge, is extremely well connected and is very thoughtful.

Steven is one of the best around.

Steven Cowins is an invaluable all-rounder.

As well as being at the very top of his field and providing exceptional legal advice, Steven has always provided an incredible amount of support to our company.

4
Marc Snell
4
Band 4

Marc Snell has a flourishing practice advising fund managers on the full life-cycle of investment funds. He has notable experience assisting clients with cross-border matters.

Marc is a good lawyer and very commercial.

Marc has been exceptional on all the work he has done with us.

Marc is a very solid operator.

Marc Snell is very detail-oriented, easy to deal with and responsive.

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Tom Dear
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Up and Coming

Tom Dear specialises in advising clients regarding private equity real estate investments.

Tom is highly client-focused and extremely knowledgeable.

Tom is a highly effective lawyer with the ability to focus on the key issues that clients care about. He is an impressive communicator with a skill for advancing transactions with momentum and care.

Tom has been a fantastic adviser to our company from a commercial and legal perspective. We would highly recommend him.

Ranked Lawyers at
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Investment Funds: Real Estate

Steven Cowins
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Steven Cowins
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Band 1
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Marc Snell
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Band 4
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Tom Dear
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Up and Coming

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