Taylor Wessing expands Real Estate group with hire of leading partner Lorraine Ufland
Taylor Wessing LLP has announced the appointment of Lorraine Ufland, who will shortly join the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate group from White & Case.
Lorraine specialises in commercial real estate and has extensive experience in acquisitions, disposals of investment properties, forward fundings of developments, refinancings, corporate aspects of real estate, including share and asset acquisitions and disposals, securitisations and large portfolio transactions. Clients she represents include major institutions and corporates.
Taylor Wessing’s Real Estate group brings together experts from across the Firm's offices in the UK, Germany and France offering clients a unique depth of service and experience. Expert advisers have the capacity, experience and capability to provide commercially driven advice on clients' real estate needs domestically and internationally, regardless of size or complexity. Lead clients of the practice include: Prestbury, MWB, Canada Life, Brookfield, AWG, Heron, Axa and Capital & Regional.
Head of Real Estate, Keith Barnett, says:
"Lorraine has developed a truly first rate commercial property practice and we are thrilled to have her on board. She is an ideal fit with our existing Real Estate practice and her appointment is part of our drive to consolidate our position as a leading institutional real estate practice."
Lorraine says:
"I am delighted to be joining such a first rate and dynamic UK and European Real Estate practice."
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Lawyers Keith Barnett
Notes to editorsFor more information please contact Helen Needham at Taylor Wessing:Tel; +44 (0)20 7300 4156Email: h.needham@taylorwessing.com
Taylor Wessing LLP is the leading law firm in combining its strengths in real estate, finance, recoveries and construction and provides the full range of legal services to major corporations and growing enterprises. The Firm offers an integrated service, operating out of 13 international offices located primarily in Europe’s four major economies. Taylor Wessing is renowned for its industry focused, commercial and pragmatic advice.
Taylor Wessing’s Real Estate group brings together specialist teams of lawyers across Europe, including the UK, Germany and France, offering a unique depth of service and experience. It has the capacity, experience and capability to advise commercially on all client's real estate needs domestically and internationally, including owner-occupier work and a leading focus on development and investment, as well as management issues. Property, Tax and Corporate specialists regularly combine to satisfy clients' needs for efficient corporate and tax structures that deliver maximum profit. Real Estate Finance is a further, leading component of the practice, while the Firm is also at the head of the real estate market's consideration of issues relating to sustainability.
Working together with colleagues in Real Estate Disputes, Contentious and Non-contentious Construction, Environment and Planning and Corporate, the Real Estate group works as one on complex transactions. These range from major town centre and mixed-use urban redevelopments, comprising elements of retail, offices, leisure and transport provision, and City landmark redevelopment through to hotel projects and land assembly schemes. The Real Estate Disputes team deals with all such matters arising in relation to leasehold and freehold land, sale and purchase agreements and development agreements, as well as putting together and implementing land clearance strategies for developers.
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