Forsters property partner Glenn Dunn has advised Invista Real Estate Investment Management on the purchase of two West Midlands warehouses for £26.7m. Wragge & Co real estate associate Mark Blair acted for the warehouse developers Rosemound Developments, which was also the seller of one of the properties. The other seller, GE Commercial, was advised by DLA Piper London property partner Richard Crossfield.

Taylor Wessing has advised Exemplar Properties Holdings on a joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate. Exemplar will manage one of Morgan Stanley's development portfolios and will also take a minority investment. Taylor Wessing fielded a team under real estate partner Chris Turley, corporate partner Paul Burke and tax partner Peter Jackson. Berwin Leighton Paisner real estate head Robert MacGregor advised Morgan Stanley.