Mishcon de Reya LLP

Real Estate

Ed is a Partner in the Commercial Real Estate department, with specialist expertise in high value investment sales and acquisitions across all sectors and commercial and residential-led development projects, including student and PRS/build-to-rent schemes. He regularly advises on real estate finance transactions with a particular emphasis on development finance. In addition, Ed is highly experienced in landlord and tenant matters, particularly on significant pre-let agreements.

Ed acts for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from quoted corporates and UK and overseas property companies to developers, banks and private investors. His clients include Derwent London Plc, Endurance Land LLP, Nan Fung Group, O&H Properties, PGIM Real Estate, GWM Capital, Watkin Jones Plc (one of the UK’s leading developers and managers in the build to rent and student sectors), specialist student developer Fusion Students and the build-to-rent investor and operator Fizzy Living.

His recent highlights include advising Derwent London on the pre-letting of the Brunel Building (one of the last major sites to be developed in Paddington Basin) to Sony Pictures Entertainment, Premier League, Hellman & Friedman and a number of other tenants. Ed also acted for Watkin Jones PLC on the proposed build-to-rent development of significant scale at the Titanic Quarter, Belfast, and advised Hong Kong based investor Nan Fung Group and developer Endurance Land on two pre-lets totalling 114,000 sq ft within The Bailey in the City of London. He recently advised student accommodation provider Fusion Students on its £1.5 billion joint venture with US investor Cain International, on the circa £315 million sale of their 'Kinetic portfolio', and on the new £210 million student accommodation site at Brent Cross Town, forming part of Related Argent's regeneration scheme in North West London.

Trained and qualified at Slaughter & May; Associate Mishcon de Reya; Managing Associate Mishcon de Reya; Legal Director Mishcon de Reya; Partner Mishcon de Reya.

Nottingham Law School, LPC University of Sheffield, LLB Law Calday Grange Grammar School