England - London • Real estate
K&L Gates LLP
Bolstering its hospitality and retail expertise, the ‘efficient, skilled, commercial and diverse’ practice at K&L Gates LLP excels in big-ticket development, investment, and regeneration matters. Head of real estate Christian Major advises institutional funds on the acquisition, letting and management of commercial and residential assets and portfolios. Steven Cox and Joanna Williams thrive in the corporate occupiers arena and often handle landlord and tenant mandates. Williams is also noted for her expertise in property finance. Chiara Del Frate is adept in logistics, restaurant, shopping centre and student housing property mandates, both in the UK and Italy, and ’exceptional’ Tim Webb assists real estate private equity funds. Wayne Smith and Christopher Swallow primarily act for institutional investors, and Emma Maher is another key contact in the group.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘We have been working with K&L Gates for ten years and are fully satisfied by the high quality of the legal services they provide.’
- ‘They have a great global platform and are able to deal with complex investment and cross borders matters. They are efficient, skilled, commercial and diverse.’
- ‘The team were very professional and provided excellent advice throughout the complex project.’
- ‘The leadership and knowledge shown by the individuals was excellent. They were able to help us deal with a very complicated transaction in a very straight forward fashion.’
- ‘An exceptional team.’
- ‘Chiara Del Frate is available, accurate, skilled, and commercial with great communication and management skills. She is able to anticipate our needs and support our business.’
Key clients
- Abrdn Plc
- Avanton
- Beehive Affordable Homes
- Caisson Investment Management LLP
- Coty Inc.
- Cromwell Property Group
- Edinburgh St James Limited Partnership
- European Estates Plc
- The Guinness Partnership
- Hakkasan
- LRC Group
- Nuveen Real Estate
- Patrizia AG
- Stroud District Council
- Workspace Group Plc
Work highlights
- Advising Edinburgh St James Limited Partnership and Nuveen Real Estate on the real estate construction aspects of the St James Quarter Development.
- Advising Guinness Homes/The Guinness Partnership on a sale of a 28 storey ‘Build To Rent’ units.
- Advising Patrizia on the purchase of residential build to rent units from Berkeley Homes.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christian Major