Adnan Bhaiji

Mr. Bhaiji’s recent experience includes:

Investment Funds

• Advising BentallGreenOak on its appointment as manager of the c.£1 billion West End of London Property Unit Trust (“WELPUT”) and the subsequent conversion of WELPUT from an open-ended fund to a closed-ended fund.
• Advising Clarion Partners Europe (formerly Gramercy Europe) on the formation of Gramercy Property Europe I SCA SICAV-RAIF, the fourth fund in its series of pan-European logistics real estate funds.
• Advising a private equity real estate fund manager on the formation of its second closed-ended fund with commitments of £75 million and targeting investments in UK regional retail centres, including advising on the formation of a co-invest vehicle in respect of the fund’s first investment.*
• Advising a private equity real estate fund manager on the formation of its third closed-ended fund with commitments of £300 million from a global pool of investors and targeting value-add real estate investments in the UK.*

Joint Ventures

• Advising Kennedy Wilson on its $1 billion programmatic joint venture with GIC targeting the acquisition of logistics real estate in the UK, Ireland and Spain.
• Advising a US hedge fund on the formation of a joint venture for the acquisition and phased mixed-use development of a site in Central London.
• Advising Partners Group on its joint venture with REINO Partners for the acquisition and management of a €200 million portfolio of 11 class-A office properties in Poland.
• Advising BentallGreenOak on its joint venture with an international investor for the acquisition and management of a portfolio of three logistics centres in Germany.

Real Estate M&A

• Advising Medical Properties Trust Inc. on its acquisition of a £800 million portfolio of select behavioural health facilities, and their concurrent leaseback, from the leading UK behavioural health provider, The Priory Group.
• Advising 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.
• Advising the owners of Clarion Gramercy Limited (then Gramercy Europe (Jersey) Limited), a pan-European logistics real estate investment management business (“CGL”) on the sale of a majority stake in CGL to Clarion Partners LLC.
• Advising the European management team of Gramercy Europe, on the management buyout and spinout of the Gramercy Europe real estate investment management business from Gramercy Property Trust.

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.