Commercial property: investment

Ropes & Gray

Well-versed in big ticket investment transactions, Ropes & Gray LLP specialises in supporting clients in their real estate joint ventures, especially through the creation of investment platforms. The firm is also experienced in distressed assets and handles a range of alternative asset classes, including data centres, PBSA, logistics, and light industrial sites. David Seymour, a joint venture veteran, and Will Bryant, an expert in the logistics and light industrial spaces, lead the team. Harriet Moseley is well-versed on PBSA, co-living and data centre projects. Joseph Patchitt specialises in private equity real estate.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘David Seymour and his team are very commercial.’
‘Very strong, commercial and reliable, and they provide good advice.’
‘Very strong understanding of the clients' commercial drivers. Able to give practical advice based on the end goal.’
‘David Seymour leads the team and is highly personable to deal with on the other side of transactions. They focus on the key issues and try to be as collaborative as possible to meet their client’s needs.’
‘David Seymour and Will Bryant are very strong.’
‘David Seymour is commercial and detailed.'
'Joseph Patchitt is the highest quality associate I have worked with.’

Key clients

APG
Arax Properties
Arrow Capital
Bain Capital
Brookfield
Cathexis
Yondr
CPPIB
Partners Group
King Street
QuadReal
Sixth Street
TPG

Work highlights

Advised Partners Group on its programmatic joint venture with DeA Capital and Camplus International to build a European purpose-built student accommodation platform and on the joint venture’s first acquisition of a seed portfolio.
Advised Brookfield on its real estate solutions joint venture with Copley Point Capital, a specialist manager and operator of U.K. industrial real estate, on the joint venture aspects of its acquisition of three warehouses at Heathrow Airport.
Advising Partners Group on its programmatic joint venture with Host Student Housing to build up a £1 billion UK purpose-built student accommodation and co-living platform.