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Howard Gill

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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.

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.

Education

1994 – LLB, University of Leicester

Practice Areas

Corporate Equity Capital Markets Mergers & Acquisitions Public Company Takeovers & Mergers

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CMS advises Bibby Line Group on sale of Costcutter Supermarkets Group

CMS advises UK REIT RDI on disposal of UK retail parks portfolio

CMS advises RDI REIT P.L.C. on £161m portfolio acquisition

CMS advises on Manchester’s groundbreaking £1bn Northern Gateway project...

Insights

Global Reach

UK Pay Gap Report 2024

Select your region

Howard Gill

Languages

Social media

Relevant experience

Education

Practice Areas

Insights by Howard

CMS advises Bibby Line Group on sale of Costcutter Supermarkets Group

CMS advises UK REIT RDI on disposal of UK retail parks portfolio

CMS advises RDI REIT P.L.C. on £161m portfolio acquisition

CMS advises on Manchester’s ground­break­ing £1bn Northern Gateway project...

CMS advises on Manchester’s groundbreaking £1bn Northern Gateway project...