Taylor Wessing and KWM among firms appointed to property developer panel
Real estate developer group Essential Living has appointed ten firms to its inaugural legal panel, following a three-month competitive tendering process. Taylor Wessing and King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin have both been appointed "with an over-arching brief" to provide corporate, finance and delivery advice.
November 26, 2013 at 07:29 AM
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Real estate development group Essential Living has appointed ten firms to its inaugural legal panel, following a three-month competitive tendering process.
Taylor Wessing and King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin have both been appointed "with an over-arching brief" to provide corporate, finance and delivery advice.
The other firms to have won places are Cripps Harries Hall, DAC Beachcroft, Forsters, Mishcon de Reya, Pinsent Masons, RPC, Trowers and Hamlins and Winkworth Sherwood.
Each firm has won a spot as a preferred adviser on at least one area of law, including employment, property litigation, construction and environment.
The appointments will run for three years, during which time the company expects "an intense period of development work".
"As we increase the number of consultants we work with in delivering 5,000 homes for rent, it is vital we strive to achieve best value wherever possible and we are delighted to have finalised our legal panel," commented Essential Living COO Martin Bellinger.
Formed in September 2012, Essential Living is in the process of designing and developing 5,000 private rented homes over the next decade across London and South East.
The panel members and advisory roles in full:
• Taylor Wessing: corporate, construction, real estate finance, IP, employment and general corporate
• King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin: corporate, environment & planning, real estate finance and general corporate
• Cripps Harries Hall: acquisitions and property litigation
• DAC Beachcroft: acquisitions and planning
• Forsters: property litigation, property management and employment
• Mischon de Reya: acquisitions, property litigation, planning and construction
• Pinsent Masons: acquisitions, property litigations and registered providers
• RPC: acquisitions
• Trowers and Hamlins: construction and registered providers
• Winkworth Sherwood: planning, property management and registered providers
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