Overview
Jade Williams-Adedeji is a multi-award-winning partner in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings, based in London.
She advises clients on the full cycle of real estate ownership and investment and has wide-ranging experience of both debt and equity investments, as well as direct asset acquisition and disposal. Jade regularly represents REITs, private equity and investment funds, corporates and strategic investors across a wealth of asset classes in both equity and asset investment, occupational matters, asset operation, development and distressed investments. Jade’s practice also covers structured real estate income, restructuring and portfolio servicing.
Jade’s experience includes advising clients on real estate and infrastructure assets, including senior housing, healthcare and social infrastructure, data centers, retail, hospitality, PBSA, sports stadia, logistics, offices and renewable energy.
Jade is recognised by Legal 500 UK as a Next Generation Partner for Commercial Property: Investment (2022-26) and recommended for Property Finance (2024). Jade was named by Women in Business Law EMEA Awards as Real Estate Lawyer of the Year in 2022 and 2023. She was shortlisted by Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards as a finalist for Mentor of the Year (2022) and by Inspirational Women in Law Awards as a finalist for Mentor of the Year (2021). Jade was Highly Commended for Mentor of the Year at the 2021 British Legal Awards.
Jade often advises charities on real estate matters, on a pro bono basis.
Accolades
- Legal 500 UK, Next Generation Partner for Commercial Property: Investment (2022-26) and recommended for Property Finance (2024)
- Women in Business Law EMEA Awards, Real Estate Lawyer of the Year (2022 and 2023)
- Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards, shortlisted as a finalist for Mentor of the Year (2022)
- Inspirational Women in Law Awards, shortlisted as a finalist for Mentor of the Year (2021)
- British Legal Awards, Highly Commended for Mentor of the Year (2021)
Education
- BPP Law School, L.P.C., 2002
- King's College London, LL.B., 2001
Representations
- A U.S. REIT on multiple acquisitions of senior living portfolios and RIDEA-compliant restructurings.
- Helios Investment Partners on a Strategic Data Centre Partnership with Telecom Egypt.
- Eaton on the real estate elements of its $1.55 billion acquisition of Ultra PCS Limited from the Cobham Ultra Group.
- A purchaser on the acquisition of a site in the U.K. for data center development.
- Bilkul Football in its acquisition of West Bromwich Albion Football Club.
- Macquarie Asset Management on its clients’ investment in £400 million in notes related to a portfolio of commercial ground leases. In this innovative transaction, the notes are secured against a portfolio of 55 ASDA supermarket sites across the U.K.
- Apollo on its acquisition of a U.K. PBSA portfolio.
- Recharge Industries, a portfolio company of Scale Facilitation, on its acquisition of Britishvolt.
- Northwood Investors on the sale of 20 Gracechurch Street in London.
- Apollo on its agreement to acquire Miller Homes, one of the U.K.’s leading homebuilders.
- Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs.
- An investment bank on real estate aspects of structured products secured on U.K. commercial real estate revenue.
- King Street on the financing of a hotel and apartment complex in Mayfair, London.
- KKR on the creation of a pan-European logistics development platform.
- TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Azzurri Group.
- Macquarie on its joint venture with Sun Hung Kai.
- Northwood Investors on its acquisition of Five Acre Square.
- A market-leading specialist property investment fund on a high volume of their most complex and significant U.K. real estate investments (which include both debt finance and equity related investments). The individual investments included student housing, public houses, senior healthcare facilities, mixed-use real estate development, property HMOs and residential development using permitted development rights. These transactions, which included a number of “distressed” investments, involved debt and equity investments valued at circa £350 million.
- Tai United Holdings on its £112 million acquisition of a residential property development in London and its acquisition of various office premises in London.
- JMI Global on its acquisition of 65 Fleet Street, in London.
- AP1 and AP2, two Swedish pension funds, on their €4 billion real estate joint venture with TIAA and associated investment advisory arrangements.
- A property investment fund in relation to its funding of the acquisition of a large plot of land in London Docklands which was being acquired for redevelopment for residential purposes.
- TowerBrook in its sale of Metallo, a metal recycler and refiner, to Aurubis AG.
- TowerBrook in its investment in Gravity Media, a U.K.-based provider of broadcasting equipment and solutions.
- Wells Fargo Bank NA on the purchase of its new European headquarters based in London.
- The swap term loan lender providing a £400 million super senior loan in the restructuring of the General Healthcare Group credit facilities, which included a restructuring of the Theatre (Hospitals) No 1 PLC and Theatre (Hospitals) No 2 CMBS transactions.
- The investors in the Debussy DTC PLC CMBS transaction in which 31 properties owned by Toys R Us in the U.K. were securitized.
- A variety of servicers and special servicers in their management and disposal of loans and real estate assets.
- The lead investor in the purchase of a chain of nightclubs from an administrator.
- A property investment fund on their funding of the refinancing of a portfolio of 14 DFS retail premises across England and Scotland.
- Wood Creek Capital Management in relation to its acquisition of the Wireless Infrastructure Group.
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.
Involvement
- Represented numerous charities and organizations on real estate matters, including Small Steps SFP, Women’s Inclusive Team and Watford Women’s Centre.
- Represented numerous undocumented children in applications for British citizenship under the KIND UK (Kids In Need of Defense) initiative.
- Worked on projects for an Emerging Enterprises Pro Bono Program that involved providing pro bono legal support to eligible small and midsized for-profit enterprises and market-focused NGOs and nonprofits that have a clear social impact in developing countries across Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.