Our institutional investors offering is led by Krista Powell, one of our real estate partners. Recognised as a Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 2025, she deals with acquisitions, disposals and property management work and has acted for a wide variety of clients, including some of the UK’s largest property developers, investors, owner-occupiers and fund managers, as well as leading banks and financial institutions.
A member of the LDN Collective, Krista collaborates with a network of built environment experts and creatives, offering a 'one stop shop' for property projects in the UK and beyond. Krista is also a member of the Investment Property Forum, which aims “to enhance the understanding and efficiency of property as an investment” through research, education and networking.
Our real estate team advises a number of institutional landlords on their office portfolios — including Peel Group, @sipp and Merseyside Pension Fund — providing ongoing advice on the uncertainty surrounding office space (including on changing rent arrears processes) as well as ‘green lease’ provisions in standard form leases for buildings, as ESG criteria become ever more important.
Our work involves representing investment funds in relation to lettings and property management, as well as acquisitions and disposals of large estates and property portfolios across all sectors, including acting for the landlords of the Bootle Strand and Clayton Square shopping centres in Liverpool and the Merrion Centre in Leeds.
We believe that it’s essential to have a deep understanding of acting for both landlords and tenants and many of our clients are household-name retailers such as Morrisons, Primark, Beaverbrooks, Arnold Clark and Pavers, who occupy significant real estate portfolios as tenants.