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Linklaters

Real Estate: £150 million and above

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Our real estate team advises domestic and international real estate investors, developers and occupiers in relation to big ticket, complex real estate transactions. Our strengths lie in our core areas of premium Investment, premium Projects (regeneration/development), Real Estate M&A and Distressed Real Estate.



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Real Estate: £150 million and above - London (Firms)

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
The real estate team at Linklaters is able to draw on a deep pool of corporate, finance and property experts in order to tackle complex mandates. Core areas of expertise for the group include investment transactions, distressed real estate, regeneration and other development matters, with further expertise in matters relating to real estate joint ventures and corporate occupiers. The firm advises clients both in the UK and around the globe, including funds and other institutional investors.
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Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters represented Obayashi regarding its redevelopment of 60 Gracechurch Street into a 36-storey office building. This included advice on occupation lease arrangement, boundary issues, rights of light, planning permission and construction.

Strengths

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  • I go to Linklaters when I have a large or complicated transaction. Their insight is unrivalled.

    Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

  • Linklaters are exceptionally client-focused with a commercial lens applied to all decisions and advice. The team are very good at understanding key objectives, considerations and client drivers.

    Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

  • Linklaters are very good at boiling down key points into easy terms, and they provide recommendations rather than just advice. They jump on things proactively and treated our business very seriously.

    Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

  • Linklaters were excellent at communicating with our different groups, taking them through any questions to ensure we were very clear and confident in the due diligence review and impacts.

    Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

  • I can't think of any improvements for Linklaters. They were really good - very responsive and commercial. I was very happy with them.

    Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Andy Bruce
    Andy Bruce

    Andy Bruce

    Andy Bruce is a partner at Linklaters who leads the firm's UK real estate practice. He is often brought in to advise on major urban regeneration projects as well as assisting clients with substantial property portfolios across the UK and internationally.

    • Andy leads with overall responsibility and provides advice to the very high standards we expected. He is also strong in negotiations.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Andy is very experienced and brings this to bear on his clients' behalf.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Andy leads the team with passion and is a great example to others.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Andy is top notch.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Andy is a pleasure to work with.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK
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  • Tom Watkins
    Tom Watkins

    Tom Watkins

    Tom Watkins is highly regarded for his public and private M&A and joint venture work within the real estate sector, specifically for retail assets.

    • Tom was instrumental in seeing us through a portfolio process. He is very, very strong.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Tom is pretty outstanding. He is incredibly outcome-focused, very client-centric, commercial and knowledgeable. He is easy to deal with and one of the best lawyers I've worked with.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Tom Watkins is very commercially aware. He knows what we need and what we want and what we shouldn't care about. He makes you feel like you're being treated as a number one priority.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK

    • Tom is very reliable, responsive, very experienced and always willing to offer a view. He helps us get to where we need to in the simplest way possible.

      Real Estate: £150 million and above respondentUK
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