Sarah Shucksmith Partner

Partner

DD +44 (0)20 7849 2292 T +44 (0)20 7831 9222 Email Sarah Download vCard Sarah on LinkedIn

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 Apollo.

Expertise

Recent work

Filter by: Services

Epiris

Advising Epiris on an investment by global investment firm HPS Investment Partners into its portfolio company Nucleus.

Exponent Private Equity

Advising Exponent Private Equity on the acquisition of a significant investment in the Xeinadin Group.

M&G

Advising global investment manager M&G on the acquisition of a majority stake in sustainable housebuilder Greencore Construction, on behalf of policyholders in its £143bn Prudential With Profits fund.

Hyve

Advising Hyve, the next-generation global events business, on its acquisition of 121 Group, a market leading omnichannel meetings programme organiser focused on the mining sector across EMEA, North America and APAC.

Patron Capital

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

Charme Capital Partners

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

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.

Legal & General

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

Realstar

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

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).

Liberation Group

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

Brydell Partners

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

Partners Group

Advising Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm and Duke Street, a leading European mid-market private equity group on the sale of Voyage Care, a provider of specialist care in the UK, to Wren House, the London-based global infrastructure investment manager.

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.

Apache Capital

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

See all

Quick reads

View next 5

In depth