Laura A. Pembridge

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Laura Pembridge has more than 15 years of experience advising on private equity, venture capital, M&A, real estate private equity, and other private capital transactions. Laura acts for private equity funds, investment managers, institutional investors, and other financial institutions on a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, equity investments, capital raisings, and joint ventures.

Laura assists clients with their transactions globally, with significant experience in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. She regularly works on complex cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on private equity and real estate private equity investments.

Laura has recently advised clients that include Blackstone, Delancey, Get Living, Goldman Sachs, Greystar Real Estate Partners, Henderson Park, Koch Equity Development, M7 Real Estate, Macquarie, MARK Capital, Oxford Properties, The Earls Court Development Company, The Riverside Company, The Townsend Group, and True Capital.

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  • The Townsend Group acquires a minority stake in Metrics Credit PartnersJones Day advised The Townsend Group, in a strategic partnership with South Korea's National Pension Service, in the acquisition of a minority stake in Metrics Credit Partners, a leading private credit platform in Australia.
  • Greystar expands flexible living portfolio in Spain with circa €300 million acquisitionJones Day advised Greystar in the acquisition of three Spanish flexible living assets in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid from Bain Capital, a leading global investment firm.
  • Greystar progresses on Stratford Mill developmentJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC on the progression of their Stratford Mill development including the appointment of Graham Construction to construct approximately 247 residential units, amenity space and commercial space over 2 buildings, the forward funding sale of a block on the scheme to Sovereign Network Group and a Development Loan Agreement with Société Générale, London Branch.
  • Greystar commences transformative build-to-rent scheme in Bermondsey, LondonJones Day advised a joint venture partnership between Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC and a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), on the progression of their landmark development in Bermondsey, London, including the appointment of leading construction firms, McLaren, McAleer & Rushe and Sisk, to simultaneously construct four key buildings to deliver 1,286 new homes, the sale of part of the scheme to London Square to develop 338 Social Rent homes which will be operated by Square Roots as registered provider and a £600 million debt facility from a consortium of four lenders, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), and Emirates NBD (ENBD).
  • Greystar launches Dutch Essential Housing VentureJones Day advised Greystar in the establishment of its Dutch Essential Housing Venture in partnership with Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (through its asset manager, APG Asset Management N.V.).
  • Greystar acquires land to construct and develop a student residence located in Cantoblanco (Madrid)Jones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners in the acquisition of a plot of land to construct and develop a student residence located in Cantoblanco (Madrid) through the purchase and sale of the shares of the company BCOME Madrid, S.L. that owns the land, prior cancellation of the surface right that said company had in its favor on the same land, owned by a third party.
  • Greystar secures 391 home BTR forward funding in Staines-Upon-ThamesJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC on its forward funding of Renshaw's Yard in Staines, a 391-home BTR development in Surrey, from Dandara Living. The transaction marks the latest in Greystar’s strong UK growth strategy.
  • True Capital acquires Apparel Brands LimitedJones Day advised True Capital in the acquisition of Apparel Brands Limited, which owns fashion brands such as Bench, Hooch and Nicce as well as holding licences for Farah, Smith & Jones, Caterpillar and Seafolly.
  • DOOR and APG joined by Aware Super in Get Living investmentJones Day represented DOOR, S.L.P. (a residential investment vehicle co-sponsored by Delancey and Oxford Properties) in relation to the acquisition by Aware Super of Qatari Diar's 22% stake in Get Living PLC, the UK's most experienced and pioneering developer and operator of large scale BTR neighborhoods, joining APG and DOOR who each control a 39% stake.
  • Greystar and Vía Célere create joint venture to acquire portfolio of 2,425 rental housing units in SpainJones Day advised Greystar Equity Partners Europe Fund I in relation to its joint venture with Via Célere and the related forward-purchase of a 12 project portfolio of rental housing units in Madrid, Malaga, Valencia, Seville and Bilbao from Via Célere. The Build to Rent portfolio is one of the largest in Spain and will operate under the “Be Casa Essential” brand.
  • Greystar and GIC joint venture acquires Student RoostJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC on the joint venture and antitrust aspects of its acquisition of Student Roost, the UK’s third largest purpose-built student accommodation provider, from one of Brookfield’s real estate private funds, through a joint venture partnership with GIC.
  • Greystar acquires build-to-rent scheme in Bermondsey, LondonJones Day advised a joint venture partnership between Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC and a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), in its acquisition from Grosvenor of a landmark build-to-rent ("BTR") scheme in Bermondsey, London.
  • MARK Capital sells European portfolio to PrologisJones Day advised MARK Capital in the €1.585 billion sale of Crossbay (by Crossbay SCSp RAIF), its specialized pan-European last-mile logistics platform, to Prologis European Logistics Fund.
  • Riverside sells Brookson to People2.0Jones Day advised The Riverside Company in the sale of Brookson Group Limited to People2.0, a TPG portfolio company.
  • Greystar acquires 2,500-unit flexible accommodation portfolio in SpainJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC in the acquisition of a flexible accommodation portfolio of 2,500 units in Madrid, Spain, for a managed discretionary fund from King Street Real Estate GP, L.L.C.
  • Sun Communities acquires Park Holidays UK for $1.3 billionJones Day advised Sun Communities, Inc. on its acquisition of Park Holidays UK for approximately $1.3 billion.
  • Greystar acquires five high-quality UK assets for £388 millionJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC in the £388 million acquisition of four purpose built student accommodation ("PBSA") assets and one build-to-rent ("BTR") asset from Downing.
  • Greystar forms strategic partnership of up to £2.2 billion with ADIA to develop build-to-rent in London and acquires Fizzy Living for £400 millionJones Day represented Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC in connection with the formation of a strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), targeting the acquisition and development of c.£2.2 billion of build-to-rent (BTR) assets in London, UK and surrounding commuter towns.
  • True Capital acquires majority stake in SneakJones Day advised True Capital Ltd in the acquisition of a majority stake in D2C zero sugar, energy drink business, Sneak.
  • Macquarie acquires Beauparc Utilities, Ireland’s largest waste management companyJones Day advised Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 in the acquisition and financing of Beauparc Utilities, Ireland’s largest waste management company.
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