WARSAW - August 21, 2018 -The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised IREEF managed by Invesco Real Estate on the sale of the enterprise, i.e. IREEF-Crown Square Warsaw PropCosp. z o.o., owner of the Crown Square office building to M&A Capital.

Crown Square Building is in the immediate vicinity of the Rondo Daszynskiego underground station. It offers over 16 thousand square meters of modern office space and 236 parking spaces. The office building was rated "Excellent" in the BREEAM system.

Dechert LLP advised Eurovia SAS, a VINCI Group subsidiary and global leader in transport infrastructure and urban development, in its agreement with Salini Impregilo Group to acquire the Lane Asphalt Plants & Paving division of its subsidiary Lane Construction, whose operations cover industrial and roadworks activities, for US$555 million.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised leading UK infrastructure manager and developer, Equitix, and global operator and investor in student accommodation, Campus Living Villages, on a joint venture accommodation development project with Durham University.

The scheme – the Mount Oswald project – forms part of the University’s strategy to deliver world-class research, education and wider student experience.  It will see the construction of two new college facilities totalling nearly 1,000 additional rooms.

Silverlake Real Estate Group GmbH acquired a portfolio of 104 residential units with a total area of some 10,000 square meters in Hagen in the Ruhr area. A team led by Düsseldorf-based partner Dr. Peter Vocke advised Silverlake on the transaction. The seller is a local private portfolio holder. The 13 multi-family houses date from 1971 to 1998 and are fully rented.
 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised on the proposed issue of US$400m of H share convertible bonds by YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmaceutical Company Limited (‘YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmaceutical’) to four funds controlled by The Blackstone Group L.P. (‘Blackstone’).

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised CBRE Global Investors on the sale of The Atlas Portfolio to clients of Knight Frank Investment Management (KFIM) and Schroders (Multi-Let Industrial Property Unit Trust).

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN) on the acquisition of an anaerobic digestion (AD) asset, Merlin Renewables Limited, for a total consideration, including working capital, of c. £18.1 million.

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has advised Delancey on its pre-let of space to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) at the former Olympic Press and Broadcast Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Park.

International law firm CMS has acted for Great Portland Estates plc (GPE) on its sale of 160 Great Portland Street in London’s West End to 139 Westar House Marylebone Limited, part of the Alduwaliya Asset Management group, which is owned by the Qatari royal family.