Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Senior Statespeople

Investment Funds: Real Estate

UK-wide

16 Years Ranked

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Senior Statespeople

Real Estate: £150 million and above

London (Firms)

3 Years Ranked

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Provided by Amanda Howard

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Work Highlights

QuadReal on their GBP 580m BTR and student accommodation portfolio acquisition in JV with Realstar and investment in the Realstar operating business.

APG on their acquisition of Hammerson's 50% interest in the Euro 1.5bn VIA retail outlets pan-European operating business.

Lendlease on their partnership with PSP Investments for the development of the Euro 2.5bn urban regeneration project, Milano Santa Giulia in Milan covering 110 hectares.

QuadReal on the creation of a GBP 1bn urban logistics platform in UK, France and Germany with Valor Real Estate Partners.

Principal Global Investors on their first pan-European Data Centre Fund focusing on manage-to-core data centre assets in core European markets.

QuadReal and PSP Investments on their GBP 600m PRS JV with URW to develop Cherry Park next to Westfield shopping centre, Stratford.

CPPIB on their Euro 1.5bn UK PRS development JV with Lendlease.

Ivanhoe Cambridge on their JV with Peel Logistics to develop a GBP 1bn UK logistics portfolio.

Principal Global Investors on the establishment of the Principal European Durable Income Fund and the Principal European Data Centre Fund.

Qatari Diar on their GBP 1.6bn JV restructuring of the UK Get Living PRS operating platform.

Verdion on the establishment of the Verdion European Urban Logistics Fund.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its GBP 1.1bn acquisition of the Liberty Living student accommodation operating platform.

Abrdn on the establishment of Euro Club 1, II and III, all pan-European closed ended funds; restructuring of its European Property Growth Fund, a pan-European open ended fund; and the rollover of their flagship Shopping Centre and Retail Warehouse funds.

AXA IM on the establishment of their 4-way JV to acquire and develop 22 Bishopsgate, London.

Practice Areas

Amanda leads CMS’s Funds and Indirect Real Estate team and the international CMS Funds Group. Amanda specialises in structuring and equity raisings for real estate funds, complex joint ventures for property investment and development, and corporate wrapped property acquisitions and disposals in the UK and across Europe.

Amanda’s team has been recognised in Band 1 for Real Estate Investment Funds in the leading legal directories for many years, where Amanda is consistently named as a leading individual and in Who’s Who Legal as one of the Global Elite.

Education

University of Southampton

LL.B Law

1986

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Investment Funds: Real Estate - UK-wide
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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.


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

Amanda Howard has a great depth of experience in the real estate market, with notable expertise in international investment transactions. She continues to provide the benefit of her wisdom to clients including sovereign wealth funds and pension funds.

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