Paul Carter
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Real Estate
Band 2
About
Provided by Paul Carter
Practice Areas
Paul Carter is a partner specialising in investment and development, principally for institutional investors.
This often includes leading or working as part of a multi-disciplinary team with experts from our construction, planning and corporate teams in all aspects of the planning process, the efficient structuring, the construction and development itself along with the letting and eventual sale.
Work Highlights
Aberdeen Asset Management on the majority of their Scottish investment acquisitions.
Union Investments on the purchase of the G1 Building in Glasgow.
Bouwfonds Student Accommodation Fund on its first acquisitions in the UK.
Credit Suisse Asset Management on its Scottish investment acquisitions.
Stirling Council in the creation of a JV with a developer whereby a number of properties were transferred to the JV either to be managed or developed in accordance with a development agreement.
Scottish Exhibition Centre limited in the development and forward sale of a new car park development in Glasgow to a UK Fund by way of long lease.
Commercial Estates Group in the development, letting and subsequent sale of an 180,000 sq. ft. office development in Glasgow city centre.
Murray Estates limited in respect of their strategic land holdings in Edinburgh.
Education
University of Aberdeen
LLB
University of Aberdeen
Dip LP
Chambers Review
UK
Paul Carter leads the Real Estate group in Scotland. He regularly handles big-ticket transactions for institutional investors, as well as advising on key development projects in Scotland.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul Carter is very knowledgeable and commercially aware."
"Paul is very switched on and clients love him."
"Paul Carter is very knowledgeable and commercially aware."
"Paul is very switched on and clients love him."