Stewart is a Partner in our Corporate practice and heads up the Indirect Real Estate team in London.
His practice is unique within the Corporate and Funds teams as his skills and practice cover both indirect real estate and real estate funds.
Stewart’s Indirect Real Estate practice specializes in complex joint ventures, real estate M&A, governance of real estate operating and holding structures, management agreements, profit-sharing arrangements and everything that is corporate and real estate. His Funds practice focuses on all aspects of establishment, operation and management of onshore/offshore real estate funds, including main market and offshore private REITs.
Stewart’s commitment to the Real Estate sector is further evidenced through his involvement with the Investment Property Forum, in particular, his work to establish the Next Generation group in 2011, and in 2015 he spent six months on part-time secondment as acting head of legal for Schroder Real Estate.
Stewart’s recent transactions include:
- acting for The Collective on the establishment of an offshore joint venture structure to acquire a 300-unit development site in Wandsworth, with senior and mezz finance
- acting for UPP on the structured acquisition of c. 1200 purpose-built student units at Swansea University for c. £120 million
- acting for Sheen Lane Developments on a series of structured forward sale residential development assets in the UK for c. £100 million
- Rasmala and a Middle Eastern investor on the establishment of an offshore Sharia-compliant joint venture structure to acquire three warehouse assets in Dortmund, Germany for c. £130 million
- UPP on the conversion of the business from a Jersey holding structure to an offshore private REIT
- Schroder Investment Management on the restructure of their flagship WELPUT fund
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