Art Ward

Befimmo in connection with its offering of €475 million senior secured notes

Blackstone on the acquisition of a €2.3 billion portfolio of real estate industrial assets

GIC-backed CitizenM on the sale of the “citizenM” boutique hotel brand to Marriott International

GLP Capital Partners on the acquisition by Ares to create a global real estate alternative asset platform

TA Associates, GI Partners and Harvest Partners-Backed MRI Software on their agreement to acquire Capita One

An ad hoc committee of creditors, including Strategic Value Partners, Cross Ocean and Deutsche Bank, on the successful $2.2 billion restructuring of the Intu SGS Group

GIC:

• on the sale of Allfunds to Deutsche Börse
• alongside CPPIB and Equinix to co-Invest in a $15 billion digital infrastructure platform
• on its joint venture with Blackstone relating to Hotel Investment Partners (HIP), a leading owner of 72 resort hotels in Southern Europe totalling 21,000 keys
• on its partnership with BlackRock Alternatives Real Estate, British Airways’ New Airways Pensions Scheme and REEF Group for the development of Tribeca, Kings Cross, London, a life sciences quarter
• on its establishment of a €400 million joint venture platform with Melcombe Partners, a UK-based asset manager and adviser
• on the acquisition of an Enterprise Value logistics portfolio located in northeast England
• on the £694 million acquisition of a 75% stake in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land
• on its $525 million joint venture with Equinix to develop and operate two xScale™ data centres in South Korea
• on the capital increase and associated refinancing of AccorInvest Group

Eagle Street on its joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate and HESTA to acquire a Build to Rent asset in Dublin

Gazit Hercules 2020 Limited (Newco) on the definitive merger agreement for a recommended cash acquisition of Atrium European Real Estate Limited

Ares:

• on the £400 million preferred equity investment in McLaren Group
• on its CHF 200 million investment into Peach Property Group AG
• on the acquisition of a portfolio of mixed use commercial properties across Europe

Patient Square Capital on its investment in Apollo Therapeutics, a portfolio-based biopharmaceutical company

Starwood Capital Group:

• on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres
• and SOF-12 Cambridge BidCo Limited, owned by Starwood Funds, on the c. £467.9 million recommended cash offer for RDI REIT
• on the intention to launch a Public Takeover Offer for CA Immobilien Anlagen AG
• on the acquisition of a 29.42% stake in London-listed RDI Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets on the acquisition of the Kadans Science Partner platform

Tokio Marine HCC on its acquisition of GCube

Hospital Topco, majority owned by Centerbridge and KKR, on the c.£1.8 billion disposal of BMI Healthcare and the GHG Group

The Marshall Retail Group on its $400 million sale to WH Smith

Gazit-Globe Limited on the recommended €1.4 billion offer for Atrium European Real Estate Limited

Oaktree Capital Management:

• on the sale of its Spanish student housing business to GSA
• on the carve out and sale of its UK student housing business to a consortium of GIC and global student accommodation firm GSA

Wyndham on the $1.3 billion disposal of the European agency business of Wyndham to Platinum Equity

Macfarlanes LLP, London, UK

• Associate, 2015–2017

Matheson Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland

• Trainee Solicitor, 2013–2015