Key Takeaways
- • Squire Patton Boggs has appointed real estate partners Rachel Kerr and James Eddowes in Birmingham, both joining from Gowling WLG.
- • Kerr brings more than 16 years of experience advising UK investors and developers across industrial, logistics, retail, office, build-to-rent, hotel and portfolio transactions.
- • Eddowes advises UK and U.S. institutional investors, private equity investors and developers on acquisitions, disposals, financings and development projects, including large-scale portfolios.
- • The hires are intended to expand the firm's M&A and investment mandates involving high-value real estate assets and large-scale portfolio transactions, according to European Head of Real Estate Matthew Dalzell.
- • The appointments also support continued growth of the Birmingham office, per Birmingham Office Managing Partner Tom Durrant.
Summary
Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Real Estate Practice Group with the appointment of partners Rachel Kerr and James Eddowes in Birmingham. Both lawyers join the firm from Gowling WLG and bring extensive experience advising investors, developers and private equity clients on significant real estate transactions.
According to the firm, the additions are expected to strengthen its capabilities across commercial development, investment and private equity real estate. Matthew Dalzell, European Head of the Real Estate Practice Group, said the partners' experience will enhance the firm's ability to grow M&A and investment mandates involving high-value real estate assets and large-scale portfolio transactions.
Kerr has more than 16 years of experience advising UK investors and developers across industrial and logistics properties, retail, offices, build-to-rent developments, hotels and portfolio acquisitions. Eddowes advises UK and U.S. institutional investors, private equity investors and developers on acquisitions, disposals, financings and development projects, with particular experience in large-scale portfolios spanning industrial, offices, student accommodation, hotels and later-living assets.
The appointments also support the continued expansion of the firm's Birmingham office. Tom Durrant, Birmingham Office Managing Partner, described the arrival as another significant step in the office's growth. The firm said the partners' combined real estate, corporate, finance and cross-border capabilities will help clients navigate changing market conditions and complex transactions, and it plans to draw on its broader international platform to support acquisitions, investments, development and portfolio transactions.
According to the firm, the additions are expected to strengthen its capabilities across commercial development, investment and private equity real estate. Matthew Dalzell, European Head of the Real Estate Practice Group, said the partners' experience will enhance the firm's ability to grow M&A and investment mandates involving high-value real estate assets and large-scale portfolio transactions.
Kerr has more than 16 years of experience advising UK investors and developers across industrial and logistics properties, retail, offices, build-to-rent developments, hotels and portfolio acquisitions. Eddowes advises UK and U.S. institutional investors, private equity investors and developers on acquisitions, disposals, financings and development projects, with particular experience in large-scale portfolios spanning industrial, offices, student accommodation, hotels and later-living assets.
The appointments also support the continued expansion of the firm's Birmingham office. Tom Durrant, Birmingham Office Managing Partner, described the arrival as another significant step in the office's growth. The firm said the partners' combined real estate, corporate, finance and cross-border capabilities will help clients navigate changing market conditions and complex transactions, and it plans to draw on its broader international platform to support acquisitions, investments, development and portfolio transactions.
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