Recent Representations

• Advised Starwood Capital on: 
• the corporate sale of a portfolio of 14 hotels in the UK to Fonciere des Regions for a purchase price in excess of $1 billion;
• the disposal of 20 regional UK hotels;
• the acquisition of a building in the centre of Liverpool to be developed into Liverpool’s first five star hotel; and
• a joint venture agreement with a Spanish partner in relation to the acquisition of Spanish hotels. 
• Advised LRC UK on:
• the corporate acquisition of a portfolio of 23 UK hotels from Lone Star for a purchase price in excess of £600 million; and
• the acquisition of the Amaris Hospitality management platform.  
• Advised Invesco Real Estate on: 
• the acquisition of a portfolio of 13 hotels across Germany and the Netherlands from Apollo Global Management for €530m part of which was used as the foundation of Invesco’s new open-ended European Hotel Fund;
• the €415m disposal to Pandox AB (publ) of a European hotel portfolio comprising seven hotel properties (1,744 rooms) in Europe – four in Germany, two in Austria and one in the Netherlands (Hot.E deal of the year 2017); and 
• the €152 million disposal to Accor S.A. of a European hotel portfolio comprising six hotels (1,347 rooms), with two located in Germany, two in Italy and one each in the Netherlands and Austria. 
• Advised Evans Randall in respect of its acquisition of Thavies Inn House and the related corporate fundraising. 

PRO-BONO 

• Advising Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) in relation to the lease for their new office space in Victoria.

Professional and Community Involvement

• Solicitor, England and Wales

Education

• Cardiff University, LLB