Alan Evans

Alan is a member of our Real Estate group. He guides clients through all aspects of their commercial property transactions. Alan specialises in property acquisitions and disposals, both as investments and for business use. He has a particular focus on data centre projects.

Alan has more than 20 years experience of advising developers, investors, owners and occupiers. He can support you with all your real estate, infrastructure and construction matters.

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Career

Since 1995

Partner, Taylor Wessing

Education

1997	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1994	Legal Practice Course, Chester Law School
1993	LLB Hons, Sheffield University

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Consumer & retail Real estate

Experience

Tritax Big Box REIT plc on the GBP370m acquisition of db Symmetry	Tritax on its acquisition of an 87% economic interest in 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, which attributes an enterprise value of GBP370 million to db Symmetry, is being funded with a mixture of equity and cash raised pursuant to a placing and open offer underwritten by Jefferies.We have advised Tritax on numerous real estate acquisitions, forward fundings, debt financings and capital markets fundraisings, including its IPO in 2013.Tritax is the only real estate investment trust dedicated to investing in very large logistics facilities in the UK.
Secure Income REIT on the financing of its GBP436m acquisition of two leisure and hotel portfolios	Secure Income REIT on the financing of its GBP436m acquisition of two UK leisure and hotel portfolios from two separate vendors. The first portfolio included the UK's largest indoor arena, the Manchester Arena as well as The Brewery at Chiswell Street, EC1, the largest catered events space in the City of London, 18 freehold pubs and 17 Travelodge hotels all purchased from Mansford Opportunity Fund.
Infinity SDC	Infinity SDC on the acquisition, development and letting of a number of market leading data centres.

Relocation of Saracens Rugby Club	Saracens Rugby Club, Aviva premiership champions and European champions, on their new stadium in the green belt in North London.
Tritax Big Box REIT on GBP1bn worth of real estate transactions	Tritax Big Box REIT on all real estate acquisitions, developments, forward fundings, debt financings and capital markets fundraisings of their logistics portfolio since their IPO in 2013, with an aggregate investment price in excess of GBP1bn.
Hear East (iCITY)	Hear East (iCITY) on the acquisition and development the Press and Broadcast Centres on the Olympic Park.