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We are very pleased that Mark Bryan and Chris Wilkinson have been recognised as leading experts in their field by the Legal Business Report - Legal Experts 2008. |
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| Rreef |
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| We were appointed by Rreef to their legal panel in the Autumn of 2007, after a competitive tender and pitch. We are delighted to be acting for this major fund, which is the real estate property management arm of Deutsche Bank. |
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| Chambers UK 2008 |
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| This boutique property firm "provides a very attentive service, with a lot of resources and experience on offer", according to clients who also talk of "swift commercial advice at a reasonable cost". Such client recommendation, combined with a genuinely partner-led service and a broad experience of complex deals has pushed this firm to the fore. A number of new clients have instructed the firm during the past year, including Phoenix Assurance on the sale of a £500 million property portfolio and a joint venture between Frenbury Properties and Simons Developments on the development of a £140 million logistics park in Peterborough. |
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| Legal 500 |
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We are very pleased with the 2007 edition of the Legal 500 - Guide to the UK legal profession. |
| Maples Teesdale is a property boutique fielding a number of partners with substantial City experience. It advised new client Phoenix Assurance on the sale of a £500m UK property portfolio, while its development expertise was displayed on the £140m Gateway site at Peterborough, with the firm acting for a joint venture between Frenbury Properties and Simons Developments. Fund clients also form a key part of the client base. |
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| The Law Gazette - 6 September 2007 issue |
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Instructions of the week
Maples Teesdale appear in Law Gazette for their recent Star-Spangled work for US Government and new client, Newbridge Capital. |
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UK Property Finance & Investment 2007
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| Market Overview |
| We are pleased that the firm's profile appears in Freeman's Guide to UK Property Finance & Investment and Freeman's Guide to UK Property Development 2007. |
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| Who's Who |
| Biographies of Mark Bryan, Roger Thornton and Chris Wilkinson were published in Freeman's Guide to UK Property Finance & Investment 2007 - under Who's Who. |
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Biographies for Paul Matcham and Declan Power were also published in Freeman's Guide to UK Property Development 2007 - under Who's Who.
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| Maples
Teesdale was nominated and shortlisted
for The Legal Business “Boutique
Firm of the Year Award”.
Legal Business said of the firm, “As
a result of a focused and successful
attack, this firm now represents
a plethora of high profile companies
in complex commercial property
and construction matters.” Quoting
one of our clients, Legal Business
went on to say that the firm, according
to one client, has “a robust
negotiating style and bring intellectual
capital to the table. They are
thinking, creative lawyers who
solve problems.” |
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| We were nominated and shortlisted for the LawCareers.Net
/Trainee Solicitors’ Group
Training and Recruitment Award for
Best Small Firm Trainer of the Year
2005. Nominations were made
by trainees and newly qualified solicitors
who were invited to complete an online
survey assessing their own experiences
of training. |
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We continue to support charities. We have been involved in several “challenges” including this year’s London Marathon and challenges last year to raise money for Action Medical Research. This involved a team climbing the 3 highest peaks in the British Isles and |
| “Racing the Sun” which involved a 50 mile bike ride through Cumbrian countryside, climbing Helvellyn and a 2 mile canoe trip across Lake Thirlmere. |
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| Property Events |
| We hosted a table at the RICS Quiz Night Dinner at the Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel. |
| Our annual drinks reception was held on 11 September at Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, Mayfair, London, which was remodelled and refurbished in the 1890s by Lord Revelstoke, creating a grand town mansion in the Anglo-French style. |
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Purchased by the English Speaking Union in 1926, it was graded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to Grade II* and is scheduled as a building of national importance. |
| Guests were treated to an open-air reception in the beautiful enclosed courtyard at the rear.
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| Other Client Events |
| Towards the end of July 2007 we held a Clay Pigeon Shooting Competition at Holland and Holland’s Shooting Ground at Northwood, Middlesex, which was hailed by our clients as “tremendous fun” and “an excellent afternoon”. |
| In October there was a Chocolate Tasting Workshop in the evening at My Chocolate, Baldwin’s Gardens, London, EC1. |
| and continuing with the culinary theme |
| An evening at Leith’s School of Food and Wine was held on 14 November 2007. |
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