Ferguson, Neil

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
• Capital Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate
• Buyouts
• M&A
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds

Representative Cases

• Ashtenne acquires Industrial Funds for $155 million
• Ashtenne Industrial Fund becomes private partner in joint venture with Northeast Regional Development Agency
• BancBoston Capital and Gresham Trust sell Holland and Sherry Group
• British Land agrees to new investment partner for Meadowhall , (2009)
• CLOUT sells City Point building in Moorgate, London
• DCD Holdings acquires landmark office building in London's Covent Garden
• DCD Holdings sells Alarak Enterprises Limited for £173 million
• Excalibur Group acquires Merchant Ventures
• Hansteen acquires €330 million German industrial portfolio
• Hansteen completes £200.8 million of Ordinary Shares in institutional placement and open offer , (2009)
• Hansteen forms Hansteen UK Industrial Property Unit Trust , (2009)
• Hansteen Holdings completes IPO of £125 million of Ordinary Shares
• Honda Motor Co. forms joint venture with British American Tobacco
• Kelso Place Asset Management establishes Kelso Place Fund
• Kelso Place Asset Management reorganizes Kelso Place Cayman Fund
• LaSalle forms LaSalle Investment Company II
• LaSalle Investment obtains financing for JV between CalEast and Gazeley
• Merlin Biosciences acquires interest in Decon Sciences
• Morgan Stanley acquires Executive Offices Group for $386 million
• Morgan Stanley forms joint venture with Ask Investments to invest in development or investment properties in the United Kingdom
• Morgan Stanley provides equity bridge in respect to Lumiere Holdings LP
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate and others complete a secondary private placement of £23.3 million of Ordinary Shares by shareholders of Songbird Estates PLC , (2009)
• MSRE Special Situations Fund invests in Adama
• MSREF invests in Ask Investments
• MSREF participates in the recapitalization of Songbird Estates and associated debt buyback of £880 million senior loan facility , (2009)
• Orion forms Orion European Income Partners , (2009)
• Pillar sells Fulham Broadway Retail Centre in London
• PMM Partners establishes fund for investment in German residential property
• Savills establishes fund
• Westcity Holdings Limited forms joint venture by way of a limited liability partnership

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

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• City University London
• College Law - London
• Oxford University - England

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