Kieran Saunders > Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Offices
Governor’s House
5 Laurence Pountney Hill
EC4R 0BR
England
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Kieran Saunders
Work Department
Corporate Real Estate & Funds
Position
Partner and Co-Leader Corporate Real Estate & Funds
Career
Kieran is the Co-Leader of the Corporate Real Estate & Funds team. He is experienced in advising on the establishment and operation of unlisted funds, joint ventures and club structures in the United Kingdom and offshore jurisdictions from both a management and investor perspective, particularly in the alternative asset sector.
Clients include BlackRock, Tristan Capital, Europa Capital, Long Harbour, Henderson Park and Hermes Investment Management.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
(Next Generation Partners)Enjoying longstanding relationships with high-profile real estate investment managers and asset managers, both domestically and internationally, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is active in traditional and alternative asset classes. Kieran Saunders, who heads the practice, acts for fund managers, GPs, institutions and global investors on equity investments in funds and joint ventures. Chris Beaumont McQuillan joined from Reed Smith LLP in February 2023, while Luke Mines joined from Morrison Foerster a month later. In Summer 2022, Louisa Cobbe left for Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. In October of the same year, Kate Binedell left for DLA Piper.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Real estate funds London > Investment fund formation and management
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)