William is a senior associate in the Real Estate department
specialising in UK and European real estate investment and
development, including acquisition and disposals, development,
landlord and tenant, structuring and application of joint ventures,
acquisition and development finance and other structured real
estate transactions.
William has a wealth of experience acting in
many sectors including industrial, retail, hotel and leisure and
office and has been involved with numerous large and complex
transactions for industry-leading clients.
William's notable engagements include:
- Management of portfolios of office, industrial, retail, data
centre and mixed use investments for landlords and tenants
including notable institutional investors and historic major
landlowners including acquisitions and disposals, the pre-letting
of development land, the grant, surrender, re-gearing and renewal
(both with security of tenure and without) of leasehold interests
(including occupational rack rent and turnover lettings and long
leasehold interests) and all other legal management
- Assisting on the acquisition of the Covent Garden Estate (a
portfolio of 31 properties) for £421m and the subsequent
refinancing of that portfolio on behalf of a major investor
- Assisting on the acquisition of 17 Hanover Square for £87m and
the Liberty Shopping Centre, Romford for £281m for a major investor
client
- £45m acquisition for development of the occupied and mixed let
16-18 New Bridge Street, London for a major real estate
investor/developer client
- Real Estate advisor on the £350 million corporate acquisition
of one of the largest UK agricultural food producers.
- Advising one of the world's largest data centre developers, on
the acquisition, financing, development and leasing of various data
centres nationwide including substantial schemes in Redhill and
Manchester
- The relocation, development and pre-letting of head office
premises for Bookham Technology Plc upon an extensive brownfield
site in Paignton, Devon
- Acting for a developer client on the funding, complex site
assembly purchase and subsequent development of a large number of
sites nationwide together with the pre-letting of those sites to a
major UK supermarket chain
- Acting for a a major UK developer on the site assembly,
pre-letting and development of an extensive hotel and restaurant
complex to Premier Inns
- Relocation, redevelopment, refurbishment and letting of new
headquarters Houndsditch, London for a major investment bank
- Real Estate finance advice to lender on the provision of £180m
facility to a major health club chain secured against a portfolio
of 61 health clubs and the corporate acquisition of the Livingwell
chain of health clubs from Hilton International
- Acting for a borrower in respect of £100m secured refinancing
of a portfolio of properties in New Bond Street.