Maintaining relationships with leading investment and asset managers, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner advises on high-profile, billion-dollar transactions. The team is noted for its strength in alternative asset classes, such as real estate debt, student accommodation, and build-to-rent. Antony Grossman is well respected in the real estate fund space, acting for numerous high-profile clients and sovereign wealth funds in their role as cornerstone investors. Practice head Kieran Saunders boasts specialist knowledge of unlisted funds, joint ventures, club structures, and alternative asset classes. Chris Beaumont-McQuillan joined the practice in February 2023 from Reed Smith LLP, bringing extensive corporate real estate expertise.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The team is extremely experienced in the wide range of structures used for real estate co-funding and able to assess the best way forward for their client. They are excellent draftsmen and know what matters enabling transactions to close without unnecessary delay or tension.'
‘Antony Grossman has advised us for 15 years. He is an outstanding lawyer with an encyclopedic memory for interrelated documents which have been restructured several times over. He gives practical and commercial advice on the consequences of variations needed to achieve the client’s aims.'
‘Highly attentive to our needs, whatever we ask. Solutions-driven, based on sound understanding of our business.’
‘Bright, articulate and responsive.’
Key clients
- Goldman Sachs
- LaSalle
- Henderson Park
- Tristan Capital Partners
- BlackRock
- Federated Hermes Property Unit Trust
- Aviva Investors
- Northwood
- AXA
- Nomura
- DeA Capital
Work highlights
- Advised Dea Capital on the formation of a pan-European student accommodation joint venture.
- Advised Pluto Capital on the formation of its eighth credit fund and related investments.
- Advised Edge on the formation of a joint venture with Mitsubishi and its related acquisition of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kieran Saunders