Robert Moir
Partner
Robert is a dedicated real estate and infrastructure M&A specialist and leads our team comprising corporate/M&A, structuring and JV specialists. He also leads our firm-wide collaboration initiative with large “Wall St” US law firms.
Robert's experience
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Advising LDC Bidco (Care Homes) Limited a large care home investment fund on the banking and real estate aspects of a circa £60m loan facility with HSBC and the disposal of various care homes previously operated by Belsize to Aurem, WeCare, and Care Concern Group.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Elevation Advisors (one of the largest and most active specialist healthcare real estate investors) on a number of matters.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised a large property development company on its £90m acquisition of the Regent Quarter site in King’s Cross, involving the purchase of all unit holdings in a Jersey Unit Trust and an English Unit Trust that collectively owned the target properties, and provided tax due diligence, post‑completion tax restructuring advice and buy‑side W&I insurance support.
- Cross-border
- Real Estate
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Advised numerous investors (as buyers and sellers of shares in SPV propcos, and/or as JV partners) on their indirect investments in real estate across asset classes. Typical deal size £50-250 million, with main clients include institutional/pension funds, insurers, PERE and PLCs.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised RevCap on its £85 million acquisition of a mixed retail and office building in Leeds by way of a corporate SPV acquisition, where we also advised on accounting and tax due diligence, and completion accounts.
- £85m
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised propco investor LDC Care Homes and asset manager Elevation Advisors on migrating a care homes portfolio from FSHC to new operators. The parties transitioned operations under new 35‑year FRI investment‑grade leases, selecting operators based on geographic fit, operational synergies, integration capability, and continuity‑of‑care provision.
- United Kingdom
- Health
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Advised Medical Properties Trust (US REIT) on its investments into UK private hospitals via propco acquisitions, including the acquisition of the Circle Hospital in Reading (shortlisted for Property Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2021) and the BMI Hospital in Stirling.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised Grainger-backed fund on its £349 million disposal of the UK's largest residential property portfolio to a new JV fund backed by APG Real Estate and Grainger-shortlisted for Real Estate Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards.
- £349m
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised Redefine Property on its €1.2 billion acquisition of a 75% stake in Echo Prime Properties B.V. (retail park portfolio in Poland) and related JV Agreement- the then largest ever real estate investment transaction in Poland.
- €1.2bn
- Poland
- Real Estate
Credentials
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2004Joined Pinsent Masons
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1997Allen & Overy, Associate
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1997Qualified - England and Wales
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1994Southampton University – LLB (First Class Hons)
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