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Howard Gill

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
1 The Avenue
Manchester
M3 3AP
United Kingdom
Languages English

Howard is a partner in our Corporate group, heading the Corporate team in Manchester. He specialises in UK and multi-jurisdictional corporate finance, fundraisings, public and private M&A, joint ventures and corporate governance. Howard has a particular focus on the Real Estate, Hotels and Retail sectors.

Howard has been a regular attendee at the Berlin International Hotel Investment Forum and The Annual Hotels Conference.

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Relevant experience

  • Manchester Airports Group on the sale of its non-core portfolio of assets at Manchester International, Stansted and East Midlands Airports for in excess of £350m.
  • RDI REIT P.L.C. on its £468m recommended takeover by Starwood Capital Private Equity.
  • RDI REIT P.L.C. on a number of deals including its class 1 acquisition of AEGON's UK property fund for £490m, the associated placing to raise £115m, the acquisition of LSO Limited for £163m, acquisitions of German commercial property portfolios worth over £350m, a cash box placing to raise £76m and its conversion to a REIT as a premium listed company of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
  • Bibby Line Group on the sale of Costcutter Supermarkets Group incorporating the Costcutter, MACE, Simply Fresh and Kwik-Save brands.
  • The Sellers of UKFast Group Limited to Inflexion Private Equity for in excess of £400m.
  • A joint venture between Argent and GMPVF on the sale of 1 St Peter's Square, Manchester to German property fund Deka for £163m.
  • Green Property Group on the sale of Kish Twelve Limited for £245m.
  • Redefine and BDL on their merger to create the UK's largest independent operator of hotels, RBH Hospitality Management Group.
  • RDI Hotel Group Limited on its take-private of Luxembourg listed International Hotel Properties Group Limited.
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Education

  • 1994 – LLB, University of Leicester
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21/12/2020
CMS advises Bibby Line Group on sale of Costcutter Supermarkets Group
International law firm CMS has advised Bibby Line Group on the sale of Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) to Bestway Wholesale, the UK’s largest independent wholesaler. The agreement is part of a planned...
10/09/2020
CMS advises UK REIT RDI on disposal of UK retail parks portfolio
International law firm CMS has advised RDI REIT PLC, the income focused UK real estate investment trust (RDI), on the disposal of its UK retail parks portfolio comprising six assets to M7 Real Estate...
15/01/2018
CMS advises RDI REIT P.L.C. on £161m portfolio acquisition
Manchester, 15 January 2018. International law firm CMS has advised London Stock Exchange listed RDI REIT P.L.C. (RDI) on its acquisition of an 80% interest in a portfolio of flexible offices in Central...
02/05/2017
CMS advises on Manchester’s groundbreaking £1bn Northern Gateway project...
Manchester, 2 May. CMS is advising Hong Kong-based developer Far East Consortium International (“FEC”) on one of Manchester's most ambitious housing-led regeneration projects - the Northern Gateway...
17/08/2016
Nabarro acts on £164m sale of One St Peter’s Square in Manchester
This article was produced by Nabarro LLP, which joined CMS on 1 May 2017. Nabarro has acted for developers Argent and The Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund on the £164m sale of One St Peter’s...
28/01/2016
Nabarro acts for Redefine International P.L.C. on proposed fundraising...
This article was produced by Nabarro LLP, which joined CMS on 1 May 2017. Nabarro has advised FTSE 250 income-focused UK-REIT, Redefine International P.L.C. on a proposed placing of a minimum of £100...