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Forsters acts for LXB Retail on debut purchase

Forsters has acted for AIM listed LXB Retail on its first acquisition. The group, which floated in October last year with an initial offering of £110m, has purchased the long leasehold interest of two existing retail assets and a develo...
10/03/2010

Forsters acts on relocation for major world financial group

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc have completed leases for 20.5 years under their pre-letting agreement signed in April 2009 comprising in total 181,360 sq ft of accommodation across nine ...
02/03/2010

Forsters completes sale of 25 Hanover Square

Forsters has completed the sale of landmark building 25 Hanover Square, London W1 on behalf of a longstanding private investor client via a share sale. The sale was to a foreign investment company.The prestigious 25 Hanover Square property compris...
05/02/2010

Forsters acts on £275m shopping centre development for Realis Estates

Realis Estates signs development agreement with Stoke-on-Trent City Council Forsters has achieved a milestone for its longstanding client Realis Estates with the negotiation and signature of a development agreement paving the way for the regenera...
19/01/2010

Forsters acts on redevelopment and restoration of central London's landmark Hippodrome

Forsters has acted for the freeholder of London's historic Hippodrome in relation to a development agreement for the  £20m plus  refurbishment of the Grade II listed building.  One of the West End's most popular landm...
11/01/2010

Season's Greetings from all at Forsters

Christmas and New Year office opening The offices will be closed on Thursday 24 December (Christmas Eve) and will reopen after the Christmas holiday on Tuesday 29 December. The office will be closed on New Year's Day.
22/12/2009

The Pre-Budget Report 2009

Personal Taxation Overview Despite widespread speculation about an increased capital gains tax rate and the abolition of inheritance tax reliefs, the main change that will immediately affect some private clients, albeit indirectly, is the...
14/12/2009

Forsters achieves Carbon Neutral status

Forsters is delighted to announce that it has just achieved carbon neutral status. This was done with the help of the Carbon Neutral Company, who helped us measure our carbon footprint and source a project in the developing world to offset em...
03/12/2009

Forsters' lawyers honoured in Citywealth awards

Citywealth Magazine has ranked seven Forsters' lawyers as leaders in their field. In the category of private wealth lawyers, Carole Cook, Patrick Harney, Charles Pike and David Robinson were all awarded "honours".  Whilst Ann North...
01/12/2009

Forsters rings up three retail sales worth £56m

Forsters has completed three significant retail sales for long-term client Invista Real Estate Investment Management, and funds under its management owned by Clerical Medical.  The properties in Nottingham, Tonbridge and Leicester were sold f...
19/11/2009

Team Forsters at Centrepoint Sleep Out

On the evening of Thursday 12 November, Team Forsters (Glenn Dunn, Martin Halling, Simon Ralphs and Vicki Towers) took part in the Centrepoint Sleep Out at Spitalfields Old Market.Recounting the experience, commercial property partn...
18/11/2009

What the directories say

Chambers UK - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2010 Edition Forsters has once again been very highly rated by Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession in its 2010 edition, with 15 of its lawyers ranked as leading individuals.&nbs...
16/11/2009

Forsters completes double acquisition for ICL Pension Trust

Forsters has completed two acquisitions on behalf of new client ICL Pension Trust Limited; a retail warehouse park in Bicester and several light industrial and wholesale warehouses in Harlow with a total value of circa £18m. These are the first pr...
12/11/2009

Soho House appoints Forsters for property work on expanding porfolio of hotels and restaurants

Soho House, the high profile group of upmarket members clubs, hotels and restaurants, has appointed Forsters to act on a number of matters relating to its growing property portfolio. The Soho House group is expanding rapidly in the UK, Europe and ...
03/11/2009

Forsters acts on record retail letting to Barclays on Kensington High Street

Forsters has acted for its long-standing client, the Trustees of the Phillimore Kensington Estate, on the grant of a new lease to Barclays Bank PLC at Hornton Court on Kensington High Street. The rent of £560,000 per year – an equivalent to £252...
03/11/2009

Forsters acts on sale of Centrum Park Cheltenham

Forsters has advised longstanding client Invista on the sale of Centrum Park, Cheltenham to Threadneedle Property Investments Limited for £26.7m. The retail park is anchored by Homebase and several other occupiers including Kentucky Fr...
22/10/2009

Forsters completes £50m of retail purchases for British Airways Pension Fund

Forsters has completed two retail park acquisitions in Oxford and Guildford for the British Airways Pension Fund, with a total value of more than £50 million. In the first deal BA Pensions purchased the Seacourt Retail Park in Oxford from Hammers...
20/10/2009

Forsters acts for Canmoor on £103.75m joint venture with Harbert

Forsters has acted for Canmoor Asset Management on its joint venture with US fund manager Harbert that resulted in the acquisition of four industrial estates from Segro for £103.75m.  Under the terms of the joint venture Canmoor will hand...
19/10/2009

Sarah Rushton shortlisted for British Legal Awards assistant solicitor of the year award

Forsters' Head of Employment Sarah Rushton has been shortlisted for The British Legal Awards prestigious assistant solicitor of the year award, to be announced at a ceremony on 3 December 2009  at Old Billingsgate Market. The judg...
14/10/2009

Forsters scoops three Private Client Practitioner awards

Forsters' Harriet Atkinson, Rupert Mead and Carol Teale have all been named as leading private client professionals in Private Client Practitioner's "Top 35 under 35" survey. The aim of Private Client Practitioner's inaugural Top 35...
12/10/2009