Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted London-based Paul Chases to lead its corporate real estate team.
Chases, who specialises in corporate real estate and has worked on some of the most high-profile and complex real estate transactions in the UK market, will join the partnership on 1 May 2017. He acts for private equity funds, institutional investors, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, banks and high-net-worth individuals from around the globe.
His key credentials include acting for Oxford Properties on its joint venture with British Land for the development of the 47 storey Leadenhall Building at 122 Leadenhall, and London & Continental Railways on the sale of its interests in the King’s Cross Central Partnership (the entity that owns and is developing King’s Cross Central in London) to the largest pension fund in Australia, AustralianSuper.
Don Rowlands, partner and head of real estate for UK, US and EMEA, said: “Paul has been an integral part of our business for a number of years. His promotion builds on the success of our market leading corporate real estate practice and demonstrates the firm’s commitment to real estate as one of its core sectors. His promotion is very well deserved and we are delighted to welcome him to the partnership.”
Commenting on his promotion, Chases said: “This is an exciting time for me personally and it is a huge privilege to work in such a great team of practitioners. I look forward to contributing to the continued success of our very strong real estate practice.”
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