Reena Patel

• Reena has worked with Empiric to build a c£1 billion student property portfolio since Gowling WLG advised on setting up the client's REIT in 2014. This work includes advising on forward funding and investment acquisitions, portfolio financing and disposals.
• She has advised BAE Systems Pension Funds (through LaSalle and Columbia Threadneedle) for more than 20 years in connection with its investment portfolio, acting on acquisitions, forward funding, lettings and disposals of its portfolio of retail parks, shopping centres, leisure, student accommodation, co-living, supported living, retirement villages, offices, education, hotels, warehousing and industrial assets. Reena leads our client relationship for Hyde Housing Association, advising Hyde on complex transactions. Reena led our team advising Hyde on its innovative joint venture partnership with an institutional investor and Homes England to deliver more housing and affordable housing into the sector.
• Following our successful appointment to the Land Securities legal panel, Reena leads the Gowling team advising LandsecU+I on its schemes in London and the South East.
• Reena leads the team that works on two former intu shopping centres known as The Victoria Centre, Nottingham and Milton Keynes, advising on all aspects of leasing, asset management and development/repurposing. She also leads the team working with Orion Capital Managers on Telford Shopping Centre and Trinity Walk, Leeds.She has worked with Taylor Wimpey and Derwent London on their mixed-use developments in Central London, and advises Westminster City Council on its investment acquisitions and estate regeneration, notably Ebury Bridge, Pimlico.
• Reena is part of the firm's Living sector group, advising on senior living, retirement villages, student accommodation and co-living sub-sectors as well as mixed-use residential and commercial.
• Reena has worked with clients to structure and transact long income and income strip acquisitions, fundings and disposals of a multitude of asset classes.

Recognition

"Through leading the wider real estate team, who have the experience and breadth of expertise in all areas of law, she is able to advise us on the optimum structure and to negotiate documentation for our transactions, in any asset class, in such a way that protects our clients' best interests. She is reliable, trustworthy, pragmatic and we really enjoy working with her."
– LaSalle

"Reena and her team achieve a rare thing, a trusted advisor and partnership relationship, embedding talented experts within our project teams with a shared passion. This is achieved through their mindset, continually looking for opportunities to help us by listening, understanding our aims and sharing our sense of purpose. The result is tangible commercial outcomes and much-needed sector innovation."
– Tom Grundy, General Counsel of the Hyde Group