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Band 3

Real Estate

West Midlands

7 Years Ranked

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Catherine is a real estate lawyer who works to enable real estate investors, developers and corporate occupiers to successfully fulfil their property requirements. She has 20 years of experience including a three year part-time secondment to a shopping centre developer as sole in-house counsel. Her special expertise is in the management of complex and multi property deals and she has a particular interest in automotive, health and shopping centre sectors.

Examples of the types of work Catherine has undertaken include:

acquiring landmark listed building 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham and working on the financing, ongoing redevelopment letting and subsequent sale for £98m for IM Properties plc;

Working with IM Properties on their industrial and logistics development at Hinkley.

negotiating and agreeing legal documentation for CBRE's new office in Birmingham;

advising a French motor vehicle manufacturer on all aspects of their English property portfolio including acquisitions, taking leases, redevelopment, underlettings, and disposals (including a nine property sale and leaseback) and the sale of their main UK assembly plant;

providing real estate support to purchaser's principal legal advisor on Project Isobel (RBS debt sale with a value of over £1billion). Managing a team which reviewed security over 900 properties.

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Real Estate - West Midlands
3
Band 3

Natalie Edwards primarily represents developers, as well as landowners and land promoters, alongside this she has notable experience in strategic land matters and large acquisitions.

Catherine Hood acts for real estate developers and investors on a wide range of property transactions. She also has particular expertise in advising clients in the automotive sector on property portfolio management.

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