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Ferguson, Neil

Jones Day
21 Tudor Street
London EC4Y , United Kingdom
Phone: 44.20.7039.5255 (Business Phone)
Fax: 44.20.7039.5999 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Neil Ferguson is a corporate lawyer advising on joint ventures, fund formations, and mergers and acquisitions. His experience covers a wide range of matters in a variety of industries. In recent years Neil's corporate clients have included British Land, Hansteen Holdings, Honda, and Bridgestone.
Neil represents a number of private equity funds with particular focus on real estate funds including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF), CIT, CalEast, Orion Capital Managers, and LaSalle Asia Opportunity Funds.
Recent transactions in which Neil has been involved include the joint venture between British Land and London and Stamford with respect to the disposal of a 50 percent interest in the Meadowhall Shopping Centre (attributing a value to the asset of £1.1 billion), the third-round investment by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III in Adama Holding Public Limited at a post-money valuation of 440 million, and the formation of the LaSalle Investment Management Company II Fund, a parallel partnership with capital commitments of $1.025 billion.
Neil has spent time on secondment at Morgan Stanley as general counsel for the real estate division in London during the period when MSREF IV led the consortium for the take private of Canary Wharf Group.
Neil is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Areas of Practice
- Private Equity
- Buyouts
- Fund Formation
- Venture Capital - Investor
- Venture Capital - Issuer
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- M&A
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Capital Markets
- Real Estate Funds
Representative Cases
- Acquisition
- Acquisition of 60% Interest in Decon Sciences Limited
- Acquisition of Executive Offices Group
- Bridge Equity Participation
- Buyout
- Corporate Acquisition
- Establishment of a New Fund
- Establishment of Fund
- Formation of Joint Venture and Acquisition
- Fund Formation
- Fund Formation
- Initial Public Offering
- Issuance of Common Stock by Adama Holding Public Limited
- Issuance of Shares by Ask Investments Limited
- Joint Venture
- Joint venture
- Joint Venture Financing
- Joint Venture with British American Tobacco
- Pan European Core Property Fund
- Recommended Offer
- Reorganization of an Existing Fund
- Retail Centre
- Sale of Alarak Enterprises Limited
- Sale of Holland and Sherry Group
- Sale of Meadowhall , (2009)
- Secondary Private Placement
- Tender Offer
- Tender offer for Ashtenne by Warner Estates plc
- U.K. disposition
West Practice Categories
Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Shareholders' Rights, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Venture Capital
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Law Society of England and Wales
Education
- College Law - London
Office Information
Address
21 Tudor Street
London EC4Y , United Kingdom
Phones
44.20.7039.5255 (Business Phone)
Faxes
44.20.7039.5999 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)