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Alan Crawford
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Alan Crawford

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Alan was made partner in May 2014.

Alan is client relationship partner at CMS for the Columbia Threadneedle, Life Science REIT and Block Industrial relationships. 

Alan acts for a mix of small and large funds, property investment and development clients. His experience includes investment sales and purchases (both funded and un-funded), forward-funding and mixed-use development, property management and general landlord and tenant work. He has been personally involved in over £3 billion of investment transactions over the last 3 years and been recognised as leading individual by the Legal 500 publication in 2022.

Relevant experience

  • Columbia Threadneedle Property Investments Ltd on all Threadneedle’s geared funds.  Advising on a number of investment acquisitions (both funded and unfunded) of various industrial/office/retail/mixed use properties throughout the UK with a combined value of over £1.5 billion in the last two years.
  • Block Industrial on all their UK transactions including the recap of 12 assets by Brookfield Asset Management.
  • Life Sciences REIT on the acquisition of 12 Herbrand Street, Phases 1 and 2 Cambourne Business Park and Rolling Stock Yard.

Education

  • 2000 - LLB, Keele University