Lawyers

Hemal Kotecha

Hemal Kotecha

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner in the real estate group whose practice covers a broad range of real sectors including offices, retail, logistics, hotels and leisure.  Hemal acts for investors, developers, funders and corporate occupiers.  Recent transactions include acting for Slovakian developer HB Reavis on its acquisition of Elizabeth House, Waterloo (which is to be redeveloped into a mixed use scheme comprising 1.4m sq. ft. of offices, residential and retail space); CC Land on its £290m acquisition of Vodafone's Paddington base in London; and University of Greenwich on the acquisition and development of a new school of architecture in the heart of Greenwich.

Career

Trained at Stephenson Harwood LLP (qualified 2005); 2003 to 2014.  Addleshaw Goddard LLP, May 2014 to present

Languages

English, Hindi and Gujarati (both fluent) and conversational Spanish.

Memberships

Investment Property Forum; British Council of Offices.

Education

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Cardiff University (LLB Law, 2:1); BPP Law School, London (Legal Practice Course, Distinction).

Leisure

Cricket, tennis and eating out with friends and family.

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