Real estate investors and developers
Jonathan is a recommended lawyer for real estate investment in Legal 500, and his sector experience includes:
Tristan Capital Partners LLP
Advising Tristan Capital Partners LLP on the £166 million acquisition of a central London office building from WELPUT.
Schroder UK Real Estate Fund
Advising Schroder UK Real Estate Fund on the sale of the King's Mall Shopping Centre in Hammersmith, London, to IKEA for £130 million.
Frasers Property
Advising Frasers Property on its acquisition of Lakeshore, a business park near Heathrow, from Evans Randall for £135 million.
Alvarium
Advising Alvarium (formerly LJ Capital) on the equity financing for a residential development at Esplugues de Llobregat in Barcelona.
LaSalle Investment Management
Advising LaSalle Investment Management on the £260 million acquisition (on behalf of the Alaska Permanent Fund) of the Bromley shopping centre from intu Plc and its co-investor Aviva, via a corporate investment structure.
LaSalle Investment Management
Advising LaSalle Investment Management on the £148 million acquisition (on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the West Yorkshire Pension Fund) of a 50% stake in Chapelfield shopping centre in Norwich from intu Plc.
BTS
Advising BTS on the £75 million acquisition of 33 Gracechurch Street in London.
U City
Advising U City Public Company Limited on its sale of Underwood Street Limited to WRE.
TISCOM
Advising a leading Thai real estate investor on the sale of a warehouse in Barnsley to M7 Real Estate.
Red Oak Taverns
Advising Red Oak Taverns on its corporate and real estate reorganisation.
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Funds and financial services
Jonathan advises corporates and financial institutions on a variety of transactions in the financial services sector, and his recent experience includes:
CLS Group
Advising CLS Group on its sale of Future Climate Info to Dye & Durham Corporation for £55 million and its sale of CLS Risk Solutions to Specialist Risk Group.
Ardonagh Group
Advising Ardonagh Group on its acquisitions of Carole Nash, Mastercover and The Heath Insurance Group.
3 Step IT strategic partnership with BNP Paribas
Advising Finnish-based 3 Step IT on its strategic partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to create a leading integrated IT leasing business across various European jurisdictions.
Charles Stanley
Advising Charles Stanley on the acquisition of certain business records and assets from Full Circle Asset Management.
Jonathan also spent 8 months on secondment at HSBC, as part of their corporate restructuring team, advising on the highly complex separation of its retail bank from its investment bank.
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Healthcare
Jonathan's recent sector experience includes:
NMC Healthcare LLC
Advising on its acquisition of Aspen Healthcare from Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
Pathognomics
Advising the shareholders of Pathognomics Limited on the sale of Pathognomics to Cyted.
Salutem Healthcare
Advising Salutem Healthcare on its acquisition of (and related equity financing for) certain care and education properties and assets from Scope.
Salutem Healthcare
Advising Salutem Healthcare on its acquisitions of (and related equity financings for) many care home portfolios, including Modus Care, Pathways Care Group and Clearwater Care.
Salutem Healthcare
Advising Salutem Healthcare on the equity financing of its new senior living business.
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Art and cultural property
Jonathan's recent sector experience includes:
Trafalgar Entertainment Group Limited
Advising Trafalgar Entertainment Group on its acquisitions of HQ Theatres, London Theatre Direct (a market-leading theatre ticketing business), More2Screen and the Stagecoach Performing Arts School.
Waddington Custot Galleries
Assisting Waddington Custot Galleries with discrete corporate law advice.
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Insurance
Jonathan's recent sector experience includes:
CLS Group
Advising CLS Group on its sale of CLS Risk Solutions to Specialist Risk Group.
Ardonagh Group
Advising Ardonagh Group on its acquisition of The Health Insurance Group from AXA PPP Healthcare.
Ardonagh Group
Advising Ardonagh Group on its acquisitions of Carole Nash and Mastercover from GUK Broking Services Limited.
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Energy & Natural Resources
Private M&A, joint ventures and general corporate advice
Advising Macquarie, Barclays Infrastructure Fund and other consortium members on the acquisitions of the transmission links to each of the London Array, Sheringham Shoal and Walney 2 offshore wind farms for a total of £762 million.
Advising Hermes GPE LLP on the acquisition by BriTel Fund Trustees Limited of a 13% stake in Thames Water from funds managed by Macquarie.
Hotels & Leisure
Private M&A, joint ventures and general corporate advice
Advising Red Oak Taverns Limited on the corporate reorganisation and related matters stemming from its acquisition of a portfolio of tenanted and managed public houses from various selling entities.
Government & Public Sector
Private M&A, joint ventures and general corporate advice
Advising the Secretary of State for Transport on the purchase by Universities Superannuation Scheme of a 49.9% non-controlling stake in The Airline Group from Thomas Cook, Thomson, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic for £143 million.
Banks & Banking
Restructurings
Advising HSBC on the internal reorganisation of the entire bank in light of the recent ring-fencing requirements for large banking entities.