White & Case Advises Doughty Hanson and Liberty Property Trust on Their Latest UK Real Estate Acquisition

London, September 27, 2007 ... White & Case advised Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate, one of the largest European real estate fund managers, and Liberty Property Trust, a US-based REIT, on their joint venture acquisition of Blythe Valley Park Solihull, UK, from The British Land Company PLC ("British Land") for up to £161 million.

Blythe Valley Park is a premier business park located in the Midlands, England, comprising 257 acres and providing 500,000 square feet of existing office accommodation within a total consented area of up to 2 million square feet of office accommodation. The site has been developed by British Land in partnership with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and permission was granted in 2006 for a second phase of development.

"We were delighted to team up once again with Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate and Liberty Property Trust on this high profile UK transaction," commented David Cox, lead White & Case partner advising on the deal. "There were a number of threads to pull together including obtaining approval from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and dealing with complex planning matters."

The White & Case team advising on the transaction was led by partner David Cox, working closely with partners Ashley Ballard and Lorraine Ufland and associates Sally Martin, James Johnson, Quentin Gwyer, Daniel Garton, Kellie Morton, James Bucke and Ross Anderson.

White & Case's London Real Estate Practice represents a whole range of real estate funds, investors, developers and banks in transactions across Europe, utilising the Firm’s local presence and expertise to meet the cross-border needs of its clients. The practice acts for clients such as Doughty Hanson, Land Securities Trillium, Quinlain Private, Hess, ABN AMRO and Capmark.

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