Moray Macdonald

About Moray Macdonald

Moray is a Senior Associate in our corporate real estate team.

Acting for a broad range of private capital clients, he advises on all aspects of private equity real estate, in particular: M&A and joint ventures.  

He is qualified to practice in both England and Wales, and Scotland.

Recent work

• Advising GIC on several joint ventures and investments in real estate holding structures across Europe, including (i) the formation of a €2bn pan-European healthcare joint venture and (ii) the extension of its joint venture with Unite Students.
• Advising a joint venture between two sovereign wealth funds on the disposal of its interest in another joint venture which holds a London skyscraper.
• Advising Macquarie Asset Management on its acquisition of a stake in EDGE (the sustainability-focused real estate developer) and their future strategic partnership.
• Advising Davidson Kempner on the disposal of the group which held a portfolio of NCP-operated car parks for in excess of £300m.
• Advising a leading investment manager on the acquisition of a group which holds a pan-European portfolio of logistics assets. 
• Advising QuadReal on the formation of a €1.25bn joint venture for the investment, development and management of living sector assets in Europe. 
• Advising Thomas White Oxford, the development company of St John’s College Oxford, on the formation of a £700m development joint venture with Cadillac Fairview, the real estate arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and Stanhope, the UK-listed developer.
• Advising APG and Sonae Sierra on the formation of a €1.8bn strategic joint venture with Allianz Real Estate and Elo for the operation and development of prime shopping centres in Portugal and Spain.
• Advising Ares on the acquisition of a logistics holding company.
• Advising London Stock Exchange Group on the real estate aspects of its acquisition of Refinitiv for $27bn.
• Advising Pandox AB on the acquisition and integration of the Jurys Inn hotels portfolio in the UK and Ireland (in partnership with the Fattal Group) for £800m; the acquisition of the company which holds the Midland Hotel, Manchester; the company which holds the Radisson Blu, Glasgow; and the company which holds the Hilton, Bath.
• Advising Leonardo Group on its proposed acquisition of the Zien Group comprising 12 hotels in the Netherlands from affiliates controlled by KSL Capital Partners LLC and their partner Garden Capital Group.
• Advising the Administrators of Debenhams on the “light touch” administration of Debenhams' UK business and the reorganisation of its real estate portfolio. 
• Advising Cale Street Partners on their joint venture and acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in a UK shopping centre from intu, and the subsequent acquisition of the remainder of intu's stake and migration to a new services provider following intu's administration.