Sarah Shucksmith Partner

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Sarah specialises in all aspects of real estate fund taxation including fundraising and advising on equity investments into real estate.

Her experience includes:

  • complex real estate transactions;
  • structuring a variety of different investment platforms domiciled in a diverse range of jurisdictions; and
  • acting for institutional investors and private equity real estate funds.

Sarah also advises clients on the structuring of onshore and offshore regulated investment funds.

Sarah is a member of the Investment Association’s Tax Committee and spent six months on secondment at an alternative asset management firm.

Sarah contributed to Tolley’s Property Taxation 2023–24 on Investment versus Trading. The book contains detailed chapters covering all the common (and some less common) situations for the practitioner and their client, covering everything from REITs and other fund vehicles, Islamic funding structures to capital allowances and rental investments, as well as property tax opportunities during economic recovery.

Expertise

Recent work

Partners Group

Advising Partners Group on the launch of its first private credit focussed Long-Term Asset Fund, the Partners Group Generations Private Credit LTAF.

Legal & General

Legal & General on its acquisition and forward funding of a build-to-rent site in Manchester in its joint venture with Nest and PGGM.

Realstar

Advising Realstar on the indirect corporate acquisition and simultaneous financing of One Exchange Square, a 603-unit build-to-rent property in Birmingham.

Patron Capital

Advising Patron Capital on various transactions including the acquisition of Cala Group and the Retirement Bridge's equity release business.

Rocco Forte Hotels

Advising Rocco Forte Hotels on the sale of a minority stake to The Public Investment Fund.

Dandara Living

Advising Dandara Living on the sale of Renshaw’s Yard build-to-rent scheme to Greystar Real Estate Partners.

Apache Capital

Advising Apache Capital on a project funding partnership with Harrison Street and National Farmers Union.

Apache Capital

Advising Apache Capital on a new project funding partnership to support Moda Living’s £302m Great Charles Street scheme in Birmingham.

Brydell Partners

Advising private UK real estate investment firm Brydell Partners on its third fund closing at £267m.

Liberation Group

Advising Liberation Group, a PE-backed pub, restaurant and drinks business on its combination with Cirrus Inns.

Affirmative Investment Management

Advising Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) on its sale to New York listed MetLife Inc’s investment management business, MetLife Investment Management (MIM).

Partners Group

Advising Partners Group and Duke Street on the sale of Voyage Care, a provider of specialist care in the UK, to Wren House.

Apache Capital Partners

Advising property investment firm Apache Capital Partners in relation to the establishment of a joint venture with KKR to create a UK build-to-rent (BTR) multi-family housing platform.

M7 Real Estate

Advising the senior management team and majority shareholders of M7 Real Estate on their agreement to sell the UK-headquartered real estate investment firm to Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS.

Realstar

Advising leading real estate investment and management company Realstar on its purchase and forward funding of 166 new homes for private rent.

Legal & General

Advising long-standing client Legal & General on its establishment of a £600m build-to-rent fund.

Charme Capital Partners

Advising Charme Capital Partners on the structuring of the acquisition of the specialist education and care provider, Witherslack Group.

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