Hogan Lovells has picked up a mandate advising on a new major London skyscraper development worth £875 million.

The planned development by investor M&G Prudential has been dubbed 'Gotham City', and has permission for two towers, allowing for 14 and 34 storeys of predominately office space at 40 Leadenhall Street.

Hogan Lovells is advising M&G Prudential. It is fielding a team led by head of U.K. real estate Daniel Norris and includes corporate partner Sian Owles, construction partner Gillian Thomas and tax partner Elliot Weston.

The deal was structured by M&G Prudential's commercial property arm, M&G Real Estate, a leading financial solutions provider for global real estate investors.

Hogan Lovells advised M&G Real Estate in 2013 on its £315m acquisition of London's Bankside development from Land Securities Group.

Global head of M&G real estate Tony Brown said in a statement: "London's commercial property market currently offers good value relative to other capital cities such as Paris and Tokyo, partly due to Brexit-related uncertainty.

"As there are a limited number of developments underway in London, we expect high-quality office space like this with an emphasis on green credentials and employee wellbeing to be in demand from occupiers when the scheme is completed in four years."