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Rob Donell

Rob Donell

UK 2026

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Rob Donell is a real assets Partner focusing on core real estate investment transactions and real asset alternatives including infrastructure (such as data centres and power).

Rob has extensive experience advising on cross-border and domestic commercial real estate transactions, spanning direct and indirect investments, joint ventures, financings, developments, lettings and sale & leasebacks and for a broad client base, including international investors, lenders, corporate occupiers, developers and funds.

Rob has a particular interest in digital infrastructure, having advised on numerous data centre and telecommunications transactions.

His advice covers all real asset segments, including extensive experience of major office and logistics transactions.

Prior to becoming a partner at Eversheds Sutherland, Rob was at a major UK-headquartered global law firm. He has also spent time seconded to Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment management team and Amazon Web Services’ data centre colocation services team.

Education

University of York (BA) 2010

College of Law Bloomsbury (GDL) 2011

College of Law Moorgate (LPC) 2012

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2014

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

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Rob Donell assists clients with a variety of commercial real estate matters, including deals concerning telecommunications, specifically data centres, and rail infrastructure.

Strengths

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  • Rob is intellectually strong and wants to give you all of the detail. He has an intense knowledge of very interesting and new developing real estate centres, such as data centres.

    Real Estate: £150 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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