Simon Woodcock

Mr. Woodcock’s representative experience includes:

Direct Investment

• Advising a German investment fund on the UK aspects of the disposal of its industrial portfolio and its EUR €1.2 billion prime portfolio.
• Advising Workspace Group plc on the acquisition of the freehold interest in the Centro Buildings in London for a purchase price of £109 million.
• Advising a joint venture between a US investor and a UK asset manager on the acquisition, redevelopment and letting of various office buildings in the City of London.
• Advising Workspace Group plc on the acquisition and disposal of properties (including portfolios) in central London with a combined value in excess of £500 million.

Indirect Investment

• Advising on the W&I-backed acquisition of a portfolio of student accommodation buildings valued in excess of £500 million through the purchase of a corporate group comprising 32 English companies.
• Advising Workspace Group plc on the W&I-backed c £80 million purchase of Blocks 1&2, Centro House in London through the acquisition of a Guernsey domiciled propco.
• Advising Workspace Group plc on the W&I-backed acquisition of Salisbury House in London through the purchase of a Jersey domiciled propco.
• Advising a joint venture between a US investor and a UK asset manager on the W&I-backed sale of two office buildings in the City of London through the sale of the associated propcos.

Landlord and Tenant

• Advising on the HQ pre-let of the whole of 55 Gresham Street to Investec Asset Management Limited.
• Advising CBRE Hana, a provider of flexible workspace, on leases involving hybrid lease structures of properties in London and Manchester.
• Advising on the letting arrangements for an aparthotel in Manchester and on the subsequent sale of the property.
• Advising Kennedy Wilson on various lettings at its flagship property at 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London.