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Commercial property - corporate occupiers

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Alan is a member of our Real Estate group. He guides clients through all aspects of their commercial property transactions. Alan specialises in investment acquisitions and disposals, forward funding transactions and development agreements.

Alan has more than 20 years of experience advising developers, investors, owners and occupiers across a range of sectors, including logistics, leisure, office and retail.

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Since 1995 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1997 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1994 Legal Practice Course, Chester Law School
1993 LLB Hons, Sheffield University

Career

Since 1995 Partner, Taylor Wessing

Education

1997 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1994 Legal Practice Course, Chester Law School
1993 LLB Hons, Sheffield University

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Awards

Legal 500 UK 2022

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Commercial property - corporate occupiers

Legal 500 UK 2022

Commercial property - development

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British Land purchase of three Wembley warehouses

We advised British Land on the purchase of three warehouses at Hannah Close in Wembley for £157 million. This was a development-led opportunity aligned to British Land's strategy of delivering new urban logistics space.

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Michael Goldberg
Sarah Bolton

Tritax Big Box REIT plc on the GBP370m acquisition of db Symmetry

Tritax Big Box REIT on its acquisition of db Symmetry, which owns one of the UK’s largest strategic land portfolios for the development of Big Box real estate assets and related logistics facilities. The acquisition attributed an enterprise value of GBP370 million to db Symmetry.

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Secure Income REIT on the GBP224m acquisition of a leisure portfolio

Secure Income REIT on the GBP224 million acquisition of a UK leisure portfolio including the UK's largest indoor arena, the Manchester Arena as well as The Brewery at Chiswell Street, EC1, the largest catered events space in the City of London and 18 freehold pubs.

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Matthew Sherr
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Secure Income REIT

Secure Income REIT on approximately GBP3 billion of sale and leaseback transactions in the pub, retail, leisure and healthcare sectors.

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Derwent London

Derwent London on the acquisition, pre-let and development of a major London office and retail scheme.

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Development of a portfolio of projects in the private rental sector for Essential Living

Essential Living in relation to the development of a portfolio of projects in the private rental sector.

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