Claire Hughes
Partner, Head of Real Estate
Real Estate
Our award-winning team cuts across global boundaries comprising specialists in investment, development, corporate, funds, finance, tax, planning, environmental and dispute resolution. Our team have strong expertise across established asset classes such as residential, hotels, logistics, offices and retail. There is also in-depth knowledge in newer alternative assets including build-to-rent, later living and student accommodation.
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Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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Dr. Wolfram Pätzold
Rechtsanwalt, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Germany
Wolfram advises national and international investment and asset managers, banks and corporates on their real estate investments.
José Luis García-Manso
Partner
José Luis García-Manso is the Pinsent Masons Partner in charge of Madrid Real Estate team. He has extensive experience in commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, acquisition/disposal-related real estate transactions, forward-funding agreements, letting, sale & leaseback, restructuring and real estate M&A.
Philip Corfield-Smith
Partner
Philip is the head of the Property and Hospitality team in the Middle East, having practised in the region since 2006. He and his team regularly advise on the region's largest and most complex real estate, development, hospitality, education and infrastructure projects. His clients include: governments, master/sub developers, leading hotel owners/operators, education owners/operators, international/local investors, global contractors and corporations.
Kevin Collins
Partner
Kevin is one of Ireland’s leading real estate lawyers specialising in property and energy transactions. He advises developers, investors and funders on all aspects of real estate development, investment and financing including site assembly, leasing, asset management, access and services.
Eran Chvika
Partner
Eran heads the Finance & Projects team of our Paris office. He specialises in complex financings in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Eran also has extensive experience in structured, acquisition and real estate finance.
Andrea McIlroy-Rose
Partner, Head of Office, Belfast
Andrea is head of the Belfast office and leads the Belfast property team and the UK retail property team. She is dual qualified in England and Wales and Northern Ireland and specialises in property development and investment work.
Deanne Ogilvie
Partner
Deanne advises Australian, multinational and global corporate clients, REITs, investors, developers and other private sector clients on all types of property transactions with a particular focus on infrastructure and transport projects.
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With over 430 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons is one of the first law firms to have its global 2040 net-zero target verified by the Science Based Targets initiative, as it doubles down on efforts to reduce its impact on climate change.
Pinsent Masons is successful with City of Munich landmark Oktoberfest appeal
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons is advising the City of Munich in appeal proceedings brought by the organisers of a planned Oktoberfest event in Dubai. The organisers provided cease-and-desist undertakings, thereby in effect accepting a preliminary injunction issued in this landmark case by the District Court in favour of the City of Munich.
Pinsent Masons advises Northern Gritstone on £215m fund raising
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised the new investment business Northern Gritstone, founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield, on its £215m fund raising.