Mike specialises in the Real estate sector and is a leading transactional Real estate lawyer in the London market.

Mike's experience

  • Advised Pension Insurance Corporation on its c.£200m acquisition of a stabilised Build to Rent asset in Reading, known as Ebb & Flow. The largest single site UK BTR transaction in 2026.

  • Advised Landsec, a property investment company on its pre-let of the Ink Building, Timber Square to BP International. At over 180,000 sqft, this is one of the largest office pre-lets in the Southwark market for many years.

  • Advised Landsec, a property investment company on its disposal of 55 Old Broad Street, in the City of London, to Ashby Capital. This is a large office development scheme with an eventual GDV in excess of £300m.

  • Advised LifeArc a medical research charity on its new London HQ in Kings Cross, the largest pre-let of its type in the London market ever.

  • Advised Pension Insurance Corporation on its £83 million forward investment to fund the construction of 161 homes in the London Borough of Newham (LBN). The properties will be let to Newham Borough Council.

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  • Advised Pension Insurance Corporation on its first real estate income strip deal of £120 million comprising a multi-building residential scheme in Wirral Waters, Birkenhead, North West England in what will be part of a major generation of this area.

  • Advised Abstract (Cambridge) Limited on a two phase acquisition of a site known as Cambridge International Technology Park, a 15.26 acre site outside Cambridge.

  • Advised EVI, a pan-European investment fund managed by AEW, in all aspects of the £30 million+ disposal of a multi-let asset on Leadenhall Street, London to M&G.

  • Advised Legal & General on its long income investment in a new hotel development in Cardiff, which is being developed by Rightacres alongside the Welsh Rugby Union and Celtic Manor. We acted for L&G as funder, dealing with all real estate, construction and tax aspects of the transaction.

  • Advising Legal & General Annuity Fund in relation to the acquisition, forward fund and pre-let to Amazon of a 2.3million sq ft facility at Panattoni Park, Luton.

Credentials

  • 2014
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 2005
    Qualified - England and Wales
  • 2003
    BPP Law School, London – LPC
  • 2003
    Freshfields, Senior Associate
  • 2002
    Exeter University – LLB (Hons)
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Out-Law / Insight by Mike Reid

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