Press Releases / Construction

A multidisciplinary team from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have advised on the sale of Retirement Villages Group, the UK’s largest retirement village operator with 14 active communities and a pipeline of developments. The buyers were AxA, the French institutional investment group (which will operate the village developments) and the UK’s largest care home operator, HC-One […]

A cross-practice team from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised the University of Cambridge on its 150 hectare mixed-use scheme at the North West Cambridge Development, a project part of an estimated £1bn investment into the city. The major expansion to the City of Cambridge will include 3,000 new homes, 2,000 student residences, 1m sq/ft […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been formally appointed to advise Tideway, the new company created to finance and deliver London’s £4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel. The appointment has been agreed for a four year contract beginning on 1st April 2016, and will cover a range of legal services, including planning & environment, real […]

International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Highbridge Principal Strategies and Urban Exposure on their mezzanine loan to part finance the £400,000,000 development of the Atlas Building on City Road, EC1 into a 40-storey mixed use tower scheme. The completed scheme will be the tallest building in the area and comprise over 300 […]