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Property team of the year

The judges singled out SJ Berwin's work advising on the £127m acquisition of Milton Gate in the City of London for the complexity of the work and its unusual financing. The team, which was led by partner David Ryland, advised investment house Evans Randall on its joint venture with Al Salam Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic bank, to acquire and finance Addleshaw Goddard's new 200,000 sq ft City offices. It was one of the largest City of London office transactions this year.
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Young in-house lawyer of the year

Within three years of joining BASF's legal department Helen Koerner was appointed company secretary and de facto head of legal for its northern European operations. Koerner qualified in 2001 and started out her career as a property specialist. She joined BASF's legal department in 2004 to manage its property portfolio but was soon taking on a much broader role within the company.
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CMS Moscow partner quits to join Magisters

CMS Moscow has lost a top-rated partner with Kirill Ratnikov moving to CIS heavyweight Magisters today (3 December). Ratnikov, who focuses on public-private partnerships (PPP) and corporate law, led the Moscow infrastructure and project finance group at CMS Moscow, having joined CMS Cameron McKenna's Moscow office in 2004 from Coudert Brothers. He began his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Eversheds lands role on £500m Thames Gateway regeneration scheme

Eversheds has secured a role on a £500m regeneration scheme for the Thames Gateway region. The top 10 firm will advise on the transformation of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway, under a public-private partnership agreement, which was given the green light from the Department of Communities and Local Government recently.
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Simmons London real estate partner makes Lewis Silkin switch

Simmons & Simmons has lost a real estate partner in London with Rachel Francis-Lang joining City outfit Lewis Silkin last week (23 November). Francis-Lang joined Simmons from Eversheds in September last year, after eight years as a partner at the national firm. She began her career at Slaughter and May, where she trained and qualified.
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DLA Piper recruits Proskauer projects partner for Paris base

DLA Piper has strengthened its Paris projects team with the hire of a former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner from Proskauer Rose. Jean L'Homme, who joined DLA yesterday (15 November), focuses on advising banks, construction companies, private operators, governments and public agencies in relation to their infrastructure projects and public-private partnerships (PPPs) with a focus on the French and North African markets.
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Eversheds partner duo quit firm to take up new roles in the City

Davenport Lyons and US firm Duane Morris have both recruited Eversheds partners as the firms look to strengthen their City offerings. Property partner Andrew Li, who has been at Eversheds since early 2008, joins Davenport as the firm's fiftieth partner after a recent hiring spree which has seen lateral appointments from Olswang, Speechly Bircham and Hextalls.
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Herbert Smith and Lovells head up US Embassy sell-off

Herbert Smith, Lovells and Maples Teesdale have all taken lead roles on the sale of the Grade II listed US Embassy building on Grosvenor Square. The Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company - which is owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund - has purchased the building in London's Mayfair, with the deal expected to be completed in 2013.
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UK firms land roles on billion-dollar Abu Dhabi-Saudi motorway project

A raft of UK law firms have won roles as Abu Dhabi prepares for the largest-ever public private partnership project (PPP) in the UAE. Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, which is planning to build a motorway connecting Abu Dhabi with Saudi Arabia. Five bidders have been shortlisted to build the road from Mafraq to Ghweifat, with proposals for the estimated $2.65bn (£1.62bn) project to be submitted by 6 December.
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Greenberg continues City growth with Eversheds real estate hire

Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) is set to launch a City property practice with the hire of a real estate partner from Eversheds. Tim Webb joined GTM today (2 November) as City real estate head after 22 years at Eversheds. The firm plans to bring in associates to staff the new practice over the coming weeks.
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