Cartwright, Anna

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Anna practices in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. She also provides advice on general corporate law and has experience in domestic and cross-border transactions, acting for a wide range of clients. She has been involved in a variety of corporate transactions including acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, investments by private equity houses, IPOs, real estate fund work, and initial and subsequent rounds of financing for start-up companies.

Anna has recently advised:

• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III, LP on its investment in Adama Holding Public Limited as part of a third-round private equity fund-raising by Adama of €110 million; Adama is a Cypriot-based company, which develops residential and office properties in Eastern Europe

• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VI on its investment of up to £14.9 million in Ask Investments Limited and establishment of a joint venture with Ask Investments Limited to invest in either development or investment properties in the United Kingdom

• Irish Life Assurance plc on its admission to an English limited partnership, which owns the property known as Tour Esplanade in Paris

• Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. on its €267 million bridge equity participation in Lumiere Holdings LP

• Sovereign Capital Limited on its disposal of the SENAD Group for £130 million

• PMM Partners LLP on the establishment of the Phoenix Spree Property Fund

• Hansteen Holdings PLC on its admission to trading on AIM

• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds on its acquisition of Executive Offices Group from Soros Real Estate Investors and founder Peter Kershaw and

• Ashtenne Holdings PLC on the recommended offer by Warner Estate Holdings Plc.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Real Estate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds

Representative Cases

• Ashtenne acquires Industrial Funds for $155 million
• Centre for High Performance Development completes sale of company
• Excalibur Group acquires Merchant Ventures
• Fizzback Group Limited places shares with Nauta Capital and Advent Venture Partners
• Goodrich and Rolls-Royce sign agreements to complete engine controls joint venture , (2009)
• 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
• Hercules Unit Trust participates in the sale and purchase of interests in five U.K. retail parks
• Hercules Unit Trust sells Colne Valley Retail Park , (2009)
• Jockey Club Racecourses acquires Devon & Exeter Steeplechases , (2009)
• 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)
• Net Partners-led syndicate disposes of Bfinance International , (2009)
• Plexus completes IPO of £11 million of Ordinary Shares
• PMM Partners establishes fund for investment in German residential property
• Sovereign Capital sells SENAD Group

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

• BPP Law School - England
• Oxford University - England

Published Works

• Appointing An Independent Valuer: How A Dissentient Party Could Frustrate Expert Determination Provisions, The Bulletin, 2009
• Appointing an Independent Valuer: How a Dissentient Party Could Frustrate Expert Determination Provisions, 2009

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