Dan Gwilliam
Gowling WLGGowling WLG supports institutional investors, REITs, developers, and regeneration authorities on asset acquisitions, disposals, management and letting. The firm’s global network enables it to advise on inward investment into the UK from North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Chris Hunt spearheads the team. Dan Gwilliam is central to the practice, experienced in transactions across traditional and alternative asset classes. Felicity Lindsay is well-versed in forward fundings and portfolio management. Nick Mumby focuses on mixed-use development matters. Khalil Ahmad handles pension funds and private investors on their transactions. In May 2023, Anjali Bancroft and Tom Baines were made partners.
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Key clients
- Abrdn
- AnaCap
- Aviva
- Clear Sky Capital
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments
- Ellis Campbell Group
- Empiric Student Property plc
- Friends Life
- HC-One Limited
- Intu Properties
- Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF
- Knight Frank Investment Management
- LaSalle Investment Management
- Legal & General
- London and Strategic land
- London & Cambridge Properties
- LXi REIT plc
- Industrials REIT
- NFU Mutual
- Portland Capital Real Estate Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Quintain on their placemaking Wembley Park BTR scheme including all development aspects, the recent sale of the student accommodation site to Greystar and the £780m refinancing of the corporate facility.
- Advising NFUM on its Apache BTR Investment Platform, including its refinancing, and the country's largest BTR funding deal: Great Charles Street in Birmingham, for c.£300m.
- Acting on the sale of the final asset of the Threadneedle Carbon Neutral Real Estate Fund.
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Practice head
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Chris Hunt