Michael Steele

Blackstone and the consortium consisting of Scape Living and iQSA on the £969 million recommended cash offer for GCP Student Living plc 

Blackstone on the c. £1.2 billion recommended cash offer for St Modwen Properties plc

Blackstone on the £4.66 billion acquisition of iQ Student Accommodation — the largest-ever private real estate transaction in the UK

GLP on the $18.7 billion sale of its U.S. logistics business to Blackstone — the largest private real estate transaction in history

GLP on the acquisition of Goodman Group’s Central and Eastern Europe logistics real estate portfolio

Blackstone on its successful public takeover bid of Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios SOCIMI SA (Hispania), in a deal that values the company at over €3 billion, as well as the prior stake-building acquisition of 16.56% of Hispania from Soros Fund Management

Blackstone and Telereal Trillium on the £1.46 billion privatisation of Network Rail’s commercial business and estate

Blackstone on its €260 million UK public takeover of Taliesin

GLP on its acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield Asset Management for US$2.8 billion

Blackstone on its acquisition of National Entertainment Centre Group

GLP on its bid for Logicor (sold to CIC for €12.25 billion)

Blackstone on its acquisition of a portfolio of European logistics assets from Marathon (in partnership with Industrial Securities, part of MARCOL) for €492 million

Blackstone on its acquisition of Clarion Events

GLP on their acquisition of certain real estate assets from DHL

Blackstone on its sale of the Union State student accommodation business and assets to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

GIC on its €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 Logistic Parks from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge

Brookfield on its acquisition of GL Europe RE Holdings SARL, a U.K. student accommodation platform, from Avenue Capital

Blackstone on their bid for the real estate assets of HSH (Project Leo)

Blackstone on its acquisition of the O’Flynn Group for c EUR 1.3 billion, including a multi stage carve out disposal and acquisition program and reorganisation

Centrebridge on their bid for Park Resorts

Blackstone on its acquisition of Multi Corporation

Blackstone & Onex on their bid for Phillips Lighting

Blackstone on its investment in Gecina and related financing

Davidson Kempner on their investment in Four Seasons

Blackstone on its acquisition of the €1.8 billion Project Tower loan portfolio from NAMA

Blackstone on its acquisition of Lombard Insurance

Blackstone and TPG on their acquisition of the Kensington Group

Accel-KKR on its acquisition of Smart Communications

Accel-KKR on its refinancing of Kerridge Systems

Travelodge on its bank / HY bond refinancing

Madison Dearborn Partners on its investment in Towergate and Nevada insurance groups

The CAA on the restructuring of Monarch Airlines

Cinven on its acquisition of Heidelberger Leben

Cinven on its acquisition of Skandia Germany and Skandia Austria

CVC and BC Partners on their bid for BSN Medical

Blackstone in relation to their investments in the Cosgrave Group, Metrovacasa and others

Blackstone on its bid for the Project Hampton by Lloyds Banking Group

Blackstone on its bid for Project Button by Ulster Bank

Cinven on their acquisition and re-pricing of CPA Global

CVC on their acquisition and re-pricing of Ahlsell AB

Blackstone on its financing (as lender) of the Invista Group and subsequent re-tranching (and various related matters)

Cinven on their acquisition of Guardian Assurance and subsequent bolt-on acquisitions

Blackstone, Providence and Carlyle on their take private bid for Informa plc

Goldman Sachs, Rabobank and Jeffery's in relation to the bank / HY bond / PIK refinancing for Stork Technical Services & Fokker

Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Nordea, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and UBS as the Arrangers / Underwriters on BC Partners’ acquisition of Com Hem AB, and Nordea and Deutsche Bank in respect of incremental facilities to Com Hem AB

Goldman Sachs on the HY bond issuances (and bond-thru-loan amendments) by Kion AG

Nordea as arranger and underwriter of EQT’s take private acquisition of Securitas Direct

Goldman Sachs on the take private of Chaucer PLC by Hannover Re

Estro Groep BV on its 2013 restructuring and recapitalisation

Zim Shipping Corporation on it successful 2008 restructuring

RBS and the senior lenders on the various restructurings of Incisive Media

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London

• Partner, 2012–2015

• Senior Associate, 2008–2012

Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney

• Associate, 2004–2008