Ashurst appoints partner duo to head up real estate practice
Ashurst has appointed two partners to jointly head the firm's real estate group after former practice chief Adrian Dear's tenure came to an end. Corporate partner David Evans, who specialises in real estate fund structuring and investment, has been handed a remit to oversee the firm's European real estate practice. Evans has held a seat on the firm's management board since January 2009, when he was elected to serve a term of three years.
June 14, 2011 at 04:29 AM
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Ashurst has appointed two partners to jointly head the firm's real estate group after former practice chief Adrian Dear's tenure came to an end.
Corporate partner David Evans, who specialises in real estate fund structuring and investment, has been handed a remit to oversee the firm's European real estate practice. Evans has held a seat on the firm's management board since January 2009, when he was elected to serve a term of three years.
Real estate partner Richard Vernon, meanwhile, will take over the management of Ashurst's London real estate practice. He holds some of the firm's major real estate client relationships, including Merlin and General Healthcare Group.
Dear, who headed up the practice for four years, stepped down at the end of April, with the new appointments taking effect on 1 May. During Dear's tenure, the firm won several major real estate mandates including advising on Westfield's sale of a £872m stake in its shopping centre next to the site of the London 2012 Olympics.
The news comes six months after Ashurst completed a management overhaul in its corporate practice, with Stephen Lloyd and Simon Beddow taking over at the helm.
Lloyd, the former managing partner of the London corporate practice, now holds a role as global corporate chief. Beddow, meanwhile, oversees the European corporate practice, having previously headed Ashurst's German offices.
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