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Nabarro strengthens real estate team with Philip Olmer appointment to partnership

14 April 2011

Nabarro is continuing to invest in its market leading real estate practice with the hire of Philip Olmer, a former BLP and Olswang partner, who specialises in high value structured investment real estate and inward investment transactions.

Philip has over 23 years of real estate experience advising national and international investors.

His appointment complements the Nabarro real estate team's strategy to expand its work for international clients and build on its strengths in structured real estate investment transactions.

Simon Johnston, senior partner at Nabarro, said:

"Philip will be a great asset in what is already a first class real estate team. His appointment reflects the firm's commitment to make strategic investments to grow our international experience and capabilities within the sector and enhance our reputation in the market."

Renowned as one of the UK's top law firms for real estate, Nabarro works with clients across the full lifecycle of a real estate asset including the funding, structuring and tax efficiency at inception, the development of the asset, management and sale.

Nabarro is rated as a tier one real estate practice. It has a substantial group of 34 partners and 114 fee earners and has acted on some of the biggest, most prestigious real estate projects in the last year including:

  • advising Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia on the acquisition of 40 Portman Square
  • advising on the "Walkie Talkie" Building and 100 Bishopsgate in the City of London
  • advising Axa REIM on the £200 million purchase of 20 Gresham Street;
  • advising Hammerson on one of the year's largest retail property portfolio acquisitions for £208m;
  • advising on planning for the UK's highest value residential property scheme at Chelsea Barracks.


For further information, please contact:

Alex Bellinger
PR & E-Communications Manager
a.bellinger@nabarro.com
T +44 (0)20 7524 6391