William Naunton
DLA PiperDLA Piper advises a wide range of clients, including institutional investors, private equity funds and hedge funds. The firm is well-versed in investments into development projects across a range of asset classes, seeing recent activity in the data centre sector. Lorraine Reader spearheads the team alongside her practice focusing on logistics and industrial acquisitions. William Naunton advises domestic and international investment transactions. James Knox assists sovereign wealth funds, developers and family offices. Andrew Yates focuses on residential investments. Omer Maroof advises clients on alternative asset class matters, including student accommodation and care homes. Kate Poole joined the practice in November 2023 from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP. In October 2023, Robert O’Hanrahan left the firm.
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Testimonials
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‘Andrew Yates is a recognised sector specialist in BTR.’
‘Large real estate team with the ability to staff large deals across multiple offices and jurisdictions and to co-ordinate their advice seamlessly so that the client only has to liaise with one deal team across all jurisdictions.’
Key clients
- Precis Advisory Limited
- Regal London
- T Rowe Price
- Aviva Capital Partners
- MEAG
- Infranity
- DigitalBridge
Work highlights
- Advising a consortium of investors on the formation of an investment partnership with Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses.
- Advising Aviva Capital Partners on Stone Yard, a significant development and regeneration project alongside Moda Living.
- Advising on the demolition of the existing Belgrove House building at Kings Cross and the development of an iconic new 25,000 square metre structure.
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Practice head
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Lorraine Reader