Declan Power is named as one of the Hot 100 and appears under the category of Real Estate and Projects. Below is the extract from The Lawyer:
Maples Teesdale partner Declan Power is a force to be reckoned with. In the past year he acted for Legal & General (L&G) on the £150m acquisition of a mixed portfolio of assets from LXB, together with a forward funding of a distribution unit pre-let to the John Lewis Partnership with developer Graftongate. His skill on those deals led him to be instructed to act for a second property fund launched by L&G. In a tight market, reaping significant work from this institutional investor has been a real asset to Maples Teesdale. Through these deals this boutique firm shows that small can be beautiful.
Legal 500 – Guide to the UK legal profession - 2010
The firm is a leading commercial property practice. It handles all aspects of commercial property work, including construction, property litigation, and associated company and commercial work.
Legal 500 say:
It is 'absolutely first rate: provides expert, pertinent advice, and is enjoyable to work with'.
Maples Teesdale ... is praised for its excellent value and strong niche expertise ... the team is involved in an increasingly high number of complex and high-value matters, such as the relocation of the US embassy to Nine Elms, it continues to impress in the mid-level real estate market, and is starting to make a name as a key player in this area.
We are pleased to be founding members of CRELA. This is a new Association to provide commercial real estate lawyers with a specialist forum of their own. As well as promoting best practice it will provide networking opportunities within the property industry.
Katherine Watts is Vice Chair and Roger Thornton a Committee Member of the Association; both are partners at Maples Teesdale.
We were shortlisted in "Real Estate Team of the Year" category at the Lawyer Awards
The British Legal Awards 2009
Maples Teesdale shortlisted at the British Legal Awards 2009 for "Property Team of the Year".
Legal Business magazine
We were shortlisted for the Real Estate Team of the Year 2009 and highly commended.
“In a real coup for the firm, following a competitive tender, the US government instructed Mark Bryan and Neil Sagoo's impressive team on the acquisition of a five-acre site for a new embassy building in Wandsworth. The firm also handled the sale of the US government's current Grosvenor Square premises, which was one of the highest-value single property transactions in the past year.”
