Logistics & Transport Sector | Law & Legal Advice

Technology is rapidly changing the logistics and transport sectors, presenting new opportunities and new challenges.

Our international team has proven technology expertise and is equipped to deal with the largest projects, from airports to warehousing. We work with clients domestically and internationally through the entire process and on all legal issues connected with a project, or their day-to-day business.

Our sector knowledge means we understand that people are as important as the technical issues. Delivering a complex project requires good relationships between the organisations involved. Great relationships lead to better results.

‘Bricks and mortar’ are just part of the process. Digitalisation means proper handling of data is a critical issue. Our team’s in-depth knowledge will help you use your information effectively while conforming to the various regulations and protecting your client's data.

Our specialists look beyond the matter in hand. We focus on the future to help you create better business strategies.

Experience

Complex data centre construction projects across the world

Several world-leading internet and online service providers as well as providers of critical infrastructures (transport / healthcare) on large-scale data centre-related infrastructure projects from build-to-suit projects to colocation agreements.

Dr. Sabine Kaben

Dr. Carsten Schulz

Timo Stellpflug

British Land purchase of three Wembley warehouses

We advised British Land on the purchase of three warehouses at Hannah Close in Wembley for £157 million. This was a development-led opportunity aligned to British Land's strategy of delivering new urban logistics space.

Alan Evans

Michael Goldberg

Sarah Bolton

Advised Cain International

Advised Cain International on its £550 million logistics portfolio acquisition from Firethorn Trust. The Grade A logistics portfolio comprised seven UK sites, totalling 3.25 million sq. ft across 22 assets, including two newly built developments, and five consented land sites.

Press release

Taylor Wessing advises GARBE on sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment

International law firm Taylor Wessing, led by Hamburg partner Anja Fenge and Hamburg partner Bernhard Kloft, provided comprehensive legal advice to GARBE Industrial Real Estate on the sale of eight logistics centers to Union Investment. The portfolio consists of six development projects and two existing buildings with a total area of 218,144 square meters. The purchases are being made for two new pan-European logistics special funds launched by Union Investment together with GARBE Industrial Real Estate.

Press release

Dr. Anja Fenge, LL.M.

Bernhard Kloft

Dr. Jan Riebeling

Hannes Tutt

Niels Heim

Nikolaus Vaerst, LL.M. (LSE)

Christoph Scheibner

Galya Stareva, LL.M. (Hamburg)

InfraRed Capital Partners on its GBP20 million acquisition of a multi-let industrial estate

InfraRed Capital Partners Limited on its GBP20 million acquisition of a 105,000 sq ft (c. 9,755 m²) multi-let industrial estate. The estate is located in Sidcup, in the south east of Greater London. The acquisition marks the start of InfraRed’s recent GBP200m commitment to its Core+ urban logistics strategy and will aim to capture the increasing demand for warehousing space near large and growing metropolitan areas.

Press release

Christopher Turley

Georgina Watt

Tritax Big Box REIT plc on the GBP370m acquisition of db Symmetry

Tritax Big Box REIT on its acquisition of db Symmetry, which owns one of the UK’s largest strategic land portfolios for the development of Big Box real estate assets and related logistics facilities. The acquisition attributed an enterprise value of GBP370 million to db Symmetry.

Press release

William Belcher

Edward Waldron

Alan Evans

Sarah Bolton

Jane Hilton

Peter Jackson

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