Adnan Bhaiji

Adnan is a senior associate in the Real Estate Industry group at Goodwin specialising in corporate real estate matters, including the formation, ongoing management and termination of real estate investment vehicles, including joint ventures, funds, separate managed accounts, co-investments and clubs as well as real estate investment management, asset management and operating arrangements. Adnan also advises on structured acquisitions, disposals and recapitalisations of real estate and operational real estate businesses, with a particular focus on the establishment of real estate GPs and GP stakes transactions. 

Adnan’s recent experience includes advising:

• Townsend Holdings LLC, on the strategic partnership between Townsend Real Estate Capital Solutions IV Fund, its flagship secondaries and GP capital solutions fund, and Kadens Capital to co-invest in pan-European real estate opportunities
• Global Student Accommodation (GSA) on the formation of a joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate for the joint acquisition of the YouFirst Campus portfolio in France from Gecina for c. €540M
• Kennedy Wilson on its £1B programmatic joint venture with CPP Investments to invest in UK single-family housing assets
• Clarion Partners Europe on the formation of its £427M core-plus closed-ended UK logistics fund
• Frogmore Real Estate Partners IV, L.P. on the acquisition of a corporate structure owning the Hilton London Olympia from a subsidiary of Singapore listed Hotel Properties Limited, for a consideration of £130M
• Clarion Partners Europe on the €882M corporate sale of a pan-European portfolio of 31 logistics assets to Dream Industrial REIT
• Generation Partners on its entry into a programmatic joint venture with a fund managed by Ares Management for the acquisition and operation of purpose-built student accommodation properties in the UK
• Medical Properties Trust Inc. on its acquisition of a £800M portfolio of select behavioural health facilities, and their concurrent leaseback, from the leading UK behavioural health provider, The Priory Group
• Kennedy Wilson on its $1B programmatic joint venture with GIC targeting the acquisition of logistics real estate in the UK, Ireland and Spain
• M7 Real Estate on the formation of the M7 Box+ II Fund, which is targeting investments in UK retail warehouses
• Partners Group on its joint venture with REINO Partners for the acquisition and management of a €200m portfolio of 11 class-A office properties in Poland
• Frogmore’s FREP IV fund on its acquisition of a 18.7% stake in UK residential real estate developer, Galliard Group together with indirect interests in three Galliard Group development projects
• BentallGreenOak on its appointment as manager of the c.£1B West End of London Property Unit Trust (“WELPUT”) and the subsequent conversion of WELPUT from an open-ended fund to a closed-ended fund
• Clarion Partners Europe (formerly Gramercy Europe) on the formation of Gramercy Property Europe IV SCA SICAV-RAIF, the fourth fund in its series of pan-European logistics real estate
• The then owners of Clarion Partners Europe (formerly Gramercy Europe), a pan-European logistics real estate investment management business on the sale of a majority stake in the business to Clarion Partners LLC

Prior to joining Goodwin, Adnan was an associate in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's Investment Management team. He has also spent six months on secondment at PGIM Real Estate, a multi-platform real estate fund manager.