The continuing internationalism of the real estate industry and its investment structures has implications in terms of both the due diligence aspects of cross-border real estate transactions and also real estate financing. Generally, international investors now see the UK as only one part of a cohesive whole when investing in the European market. The outlook is similar in relation to the corporate outsourcing market. At Lovells we deliver a properly co-ordinated and fully integrated European and international practice team.
Transactions which reflect the cross-border nature of our work include major outsourcings for Alstom and Rexel, real estate fund work on the Pillar European shopping centres fund for Morley and the Centre Parc transaction for Nomura. We are also acting for the Prudential in relation to their ongoing international investment programme.
"Clients agree that this unpretentious and flexible firm is a very good choice for complex, cross-border transactions. Especially for deals requiring an integrated European offering, the team has a superb level of multi-departmental support." [Chambers 2007]
An ever increasing sophistication in the real estate industry is reflected by the range of techniques we employ in the projects on which we work. Owners throughout the world are adopting a more flexible approach to their real estate assets in order to maximise value. Our real estate lawyers know the opportunities and challenges presented by these changes in the market.
For example, in the UK we were highly commended in The Financial Times Innovation Awards 2007 for our ground-breaking work on the Mexican-Wave concept for the delivery of legal services which continues to lead the way in respect of IT-based client service products.
Our leading integrated global real estate team operates from our offices across Western and Eastern Europe and Asia and have the resources, experience and expertise to deal with all aspects of commercial real estate transactions.
Consistently ranked in the top tier by Legal 500, we have strong pure real estate expertise and experience in many high profile domestic and cross-border transactions. Integral to our practice are specialist projects, environmental, funds, planning, tax and dispute resolution teams.
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