Balraj is a Partner and Head of Living Investment. He specialises in development, investment and finance transactions, including build to sell, build to rent, private rented, student accommodation, hotels, and branded/private residences.
His extensive expertise covers living regulatory work, estate management structuring, enfranchisement, pre emption rights and landlord & tenant legislation, which all underpin living assets. His experience spans high value mixed use and prime residential property transactions, primarily in Central London.
A trusted advisor to a wide range of clients, including real estate investors, developers, private equity firms, high net worth individuals, family offices, banks and institutions. He is known for providing diligent, commercially focused advice with an emphasis on progressing transactions efficiently. Ranked in Legal 500 for development and investment mixed use and living real estate transactions, and in Chambers for high value work.
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Balraj's recent experience includes:
- advising on the acquisition of a stabilised build to rent asset for an institutional fund worth over £50m
- advising a private equity backed lender on the financing of a prime London Hotel valued at £100m
- advising on the development, financing and exit strategy of a prestigious Kensington scheme for a sovereign wealth fund valued at £900m
- advising overseas investors on the estate and exit structuring of a prime mixed-use London scheme to provide an optimum structure for a build to rent scheme with flexibility to change valued at £300m+
- advising a developer in relation to estate management structuring for a mixed-use development scheme with over 700 homes and a value of £1b
- advising an institutional funder with mitigation of rights of first refusal and enfranchisement structuring as well as bulk unit sales for a development scheme worth over £520m