Macfarlanes has been involved with White City Place since 2015 when the firm acted on the joint venture’s purchase of the 17-acre site from the BBC. Since then, the Macfarlanes real estate team has assisted with the refurbishment of two of the main buildings and a number of major lettings to prominent companies including 54,000 sq ft of office space to multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis, a new European headquarters for Hong Kong-listed fashion brand sister companies Global Brands Group (GBG) and Li & Fung, and the London base for Net-a-Porter.   

The Macfarlanes team for this matter was led by real estate partner Dan Marriott and corporate and M&A partner Justin Hope with assistance from corporate and M&A senior solicitor Julian Grant, corporate and M&A solicitor Andrew Wheelhouse and real estate solicitor Georgia Krell. Tax advice was provided by tax and reward senior counsel Kirsten Prichard Jones and senior solicitor Laura Foley. 

Dan Marriott comments: “It has been a pleasure working with Stanhope, Mitsui and AIMCo on this innovative development from initial purchase through to final sale.”