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Jules Needleman

Partner

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Jules Needleman

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Jules Needleman is a transactional partner in our Real Estate Team.  Based in London, his practice focuses primarily on HQ lettings, investment, development and financing.

Jules leads the relationship with several clients in the Real Estate sector and acts on a variety of large and complex projects.

Jules was named in the Legal 500 2022 rankings as a Leading Individual, being described as a “standout practitioner”.

His client-centric approach to legal advice earned him a place in the shortlist for ‘Best Customer Service’ at the British Property Federation’s Tomorrow’s Leaders Awards and Jules has also been described by a leading fund manager as having “excellent technical ability and provides considered innovative solutions”.

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Relevant experience

  • Acting for TikTok on their letting of 90,000 sq ft new office space at Kaleidoscope above Farringdon East Crossrail Station from developer Helical.
  • Acting for Nuveen Real Estate on the disposal of three major retail warehouses in Romford, Thurrock and Birmingham for in excess of £300m.
  • Advising CLS Holdings on multiple portfolio acquisitions and disposals, including the sale of 19 regional offices to Elite Capital Partners. 
  • Acting for Investec on their pre-letting of 120,000 sq ft in an iconic building recently constructed on Gresham Street, London.
  • Acting for The Wellcome Trust on the commercial aspects of their South Kensington portfolio valued in excess of £1bn, including developments, lettings and strategic advice.  
  • Acting for CBRE on the major refurbishment and extension of their existing London HQ at Henrietta House, increasing their footprint from 100,000 sq to 145,000 sq ft.
  • Advising abrdn on the purchase of several large retail schemes including Shires Retail Park Leamington Spa, The Guineas Shopping Centre Newmarket and Blighs Meadow Sevenoaks as well as the disposal of several assets with a combined value in excess of £500m.
  • Acting for a funder on several complex forward fundings and conditional purchases in excess of £150 million, including an M&S foodstore in Sevenoaks and leisure schemes in Ruislip and Loughborough.
  • Advising a range of occupiers acquiring or disposing of HQ office space at properties including The Gherkin, The Scalpel, Tower 42, One Canada Square as well as acting for unicorn and other media companies on HQ expansion and consolidation in the West End, including Snapchat and Skyscanner.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Member, The Investment Property Forum
  • Member, British Council of Shopping Centres
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Education

  • 2003 – LPC, College of Law, London
  • 2002 – PGDL, College of Law, London
  • 2001 – Bachelor of Commerce, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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Expertise

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28/06/2023
Tomorrow
Taking the long view Even in challenging times, real estate investors continue to have a strong degree of confidence in the future of the sector.
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14/06/2023
London
The majority of UK real estate professionals continue to believe that London is overvalued. As our chart shows, this is very much business as usual. Over the past eight years, only 2021 - when investors began to wonder what a post-covid market might look like - has challenged the status quo. Even then, what we saw was only a significant narrowing of the gap, not a reversal. In this year’s polling, 62% of our respondents feel London is overvalued, as opposed to 6% who believe it is undervalued. These are the most bearish numbers we have seen since pre‑Brexit days.
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14/06/2023
Infographic
  
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14/06/2023
Sustainable offices and EPC requirements
Investors may be moving towards the view that making offices sustainable does not necessarily equate to higher costs for occupiers.
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14/06/2023
The view from the UK
Every year we ask a cross-section of leading UK real estate professionals for their views on the market. This year we polled 270 experts, including 62 investors and 54 developers. In many ways they share the outlook of the global investors we surveyed, with long-term confidence tempered by short-term concerns. Overall, 38% reported feeling optimistic about the market, while 34% describe themselves as neutral and 28% are pessimistic. Although positive, this take on the market is unsurprisingly more cautious than the one we found 12 months ago, with sentiment falling back to levels last seen at the beginning of the pandemic as the more bullish outlook of the past two years recedes.
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14/06/2023
Global cities
As our chart shows, the genuinely ‘global’ cities remain the most appealing (albeit by slim margins), with the top four slots going to London, Paris, Tokyo and New York.
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14/06/2023
The big picture
Despite a difficult year and an uncertain outlook, we found strong underlying positives among investors globally.
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06/06/2023
Other UK cities
Looking at the rest of the UK, Manchester still remains on top of our ranking of regional cities, popular with 58% of UK professionals.
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06/06/2023
Asset classes
Given the strong demand/supply imbalance, it is no surprise to see ‘living’ asset classes take the top spots when professionals are asked which sectors they favour.
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06/06/2023
Technology
Many in the real estate industry are keen to embrace technological innovations, including the latest green technologies.
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06/06/2023
Future Planning?
One thing nearly all our UK respondents agree on is that the planning system is not working and needs investment. A massive 90% say the system is slowing down real estate development, while 93% reckon it is under-resourced.
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06/06/2023
Survey methodology
Investors (online polling between 28 April and 3 May 2023) n=1,002 global institutional in­vestors. Res­ults were weighted by region to ensure comparability with previous results. In­dustry (on­line polling between 21 April and 10 May 2023) n=270 professionals in the UK real estate in­dustry. Res­ults were weighted by role to ensure comparability with previous results.
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