James Miller

Practice Areas

James Miller has been a partner in the Real Estate team since 2004, having joined CMS in 1997.

He handles all aspects of commercial property transactions with a particular expertise in the hospitality sector and other living businesses, such as student accommodation, serviced accommodation and BTR.

James has been a core member of the Hotels & Leisure sector group for over 20 years and has been involved with many of the major portfolio sale and manage-backs and sale and lease-backs. He is a regular speaker on the hotels sector's conference circuit in EMEA and has a particular expertise in hotel leases in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

Work Highlights

The sale of the Gherkin to the Safra Family.

For M&G, forward funding of Anglo’s/De Beers’ Charterhouse Project.

For M&G, sale and lease-back (on ground leases) of a portfolio of 42 Holiday Inn/Hilton branded hotels and portfolio of 46 David Lloyd Leisure Clubs and portfolio of 39 Bannatyne Leisure Clubs.

The acquisition and development of the Novotel Canary Wharf for AccorInvest.

Project Booster, the global de-merger of Accor into AccorInvest and Accor Hotel Services.

For M&G, forward funding of Premier Inn/StayCity Paddington Basin.

For private investors, site acquisition, development, hotel agreements, ground lease, forward sale and financing, Holiday Inn/Staybridge Suites Heathrow, and Holiday Inn/Ibis Manchester Airport.

Vita Student sale and manage back of portfolio of nine purpose built student accommodation.

Education