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Monday 12th November 2007

European law firm SJ Berwin LLP’s real estate division has advised Quintain Estate and Developments PLC on the acquisition of the 13 acre Wembley Retail Park for £85 million.  The vendor was The Junction Partnership, Capital & Regional’s retail park fund.  The retail park is next to Quintain’s existing retail holdings and development sites, extending Quintain's ownership at Wembley to 85 acres and in general considerably expands its investment and development opportunities at Wembley. 

Patrick Ryan led the SJ Berwin team, assisted by Helen Murcott.  Planning partner, Simon Ricketts advised on the planning and environment aspects of the purchase.  Clare Thomas, Property Associate at Nabarro advised The Junction Partnership.

For further information please contact:

Patrick Ryan on +44 (0)20 771 2482, email patrick.ryan@sjberwin.com  or Simon Ricketts on +44 (0)20 7111 2768, email simon.ricketts@sjberwin.com  or Karen Roberts on +44 (0)20 7111 2578, email karen.roberts@sjberwin.com     

• On 1 June 2005 SJ Berwin LLP, an English limited liability partnership, took over the business of the SJ Berwin general partnership.  SJ Berwin LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris and Turin.
   
• SJ Berwin LLP was named ‘UK Firm of the Year’ at the Global Chambers Awards 2007. 
   
• SJ Berwin's Real Estate Division totals 150 staff  in London of which 23 are partners (3 of which are tax partners) ,and over 70 associates, encompassing the disciplines of Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Planning & Environment, Property Litigation, Real Estate Funds and Tax.  In addition there are 3 partners specialising in real estate in our Continental European offices.  There is an increasing emphasis on cross departmental activity with related areas of Banking and Corporate and also cross border / pan European real estate work, with our European offices.  The division acts for blue chip clients including British Land, Royal Bank of Scotland, the Hilton Group, Brixton plc, AXA, The Crown Estate, Marks & Spencer and Gazeley.
   
• The Real Estate Team was Legal Business Real Estate Team of the Year 2005.  It was also named "Real Estate Team of the Year" in the Lawyer Magazine Awards 2004, following its advice on the RBS/Canary Wharf transaction, the highest-value property investment transaction in the UK in 2004.
   
• Revenue from Real Estate represents approximately 21% of the firm's total revenue in London.