Global real estate lawyers – Hogan Lovells

As the real estate sector modernizes and aligns with future business and social needs, we can help you seize opportunities and protect against risk.

The real estate world is more complex than ever with sustainability and technology becoming vital priorities along with widespread concerns over cyber breaches and regulatory changes. Whether you are looking at offices, retail, industrial, logistics, hotels, residential, data centers or any other type of real estate asset, we can help you to be agile, competitive and secure in a quickly changing environment.

We have deep real estate industry knowledge and expertise in all key areas that relate to the sector. We talk the language of real estate, meaning that our advice is always commercial and insight driven. We will always look to help you maximize the value of your assets, now and in the future.

Our capabilities at a glance

Representative experience

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Duke Realty, one of the world’s largest publicly listed owners and operators of industrial assets, on its approximately US$26bn combination with Prologis Inc., a publicly-listed global leader in logistics real estate.
M&G on numerous transactions including the acquisition and development of the £1.4bn Leadenhall Triangle in London, and major deals across Continental Europe.
Resorts World New York City (RWNYC), the city’s only casino-hotel, in the submission of its bid for a commercial casino license to the New York State Gaming Commission - a key step toward advancing its proposed US$5.5bn expansion. The 5.6 million-square-foot project would transform RWNYC into a world-class integrated resort featuring entertainment, gaming, dining, recreation, and public amenities.
Life Storage in defense of a hostile takeover attempt and subsequent $12.7bn friendly merger with Extra Storage Space.
KSL Capital Partners, a leading alternative investment firm, on its acquisition of JW Marriott Venice Resort and Spa, one of Venice’s premier 5-star hotels, from Aareal Bank Group.
VICI Properties on its US$17.2bn purchase of MGM Growth Properties LLC. This creates America’s largest owner of experiential real estate with an enterprise value of approximately US$45bn.
The Crown Estate on its Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 process, involving six proposed new offshore wind projects in the waters around England and Wales.
HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH on the acquisition of ten properties with an investment volume of around €516m. The transaction is being carried out via a fund jointly launched by HIH Invest and Vonovia, in which HIH Invest participates through a regulated alternative investment fund (AIF) and is the majority owner of a club of institutional investors.
Welltower on multiple transactions, including its proposed US$900m acquisition of NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc, an internally managed, public non-listed REIT owning a diversified portfolio of seniors housing properties across the U.S.
Union Investment on the acquisition of the Motel One portfolio, the acquisition of Barceló Hotels in Hamburg and Barcelona, and the acquisition of Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre and Radisson Blu Hotel in Poland.
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