International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) has added partner Luke Mines to the firm’s growing corporate real estate and funds team in London, who arrives from Morrison Foerster.
Luke is the latest addition to BCLP’s corporate real estate and funds team and the second partner to join in as many months. This follows the recent arrival of partner Chris Beaumont-McQuillan from Reed Smith, where he led the corporate real estate team in London. Today’s move also continues BCLP’s emphasis on building around partners who can best leverage the firm’s global platform with multi-office, multi-disciplinary practices.
Luke focuses his practice on helping investors, operators, and other market participants do business in the European real estate markets. He represents a wide variety of clients, including some of the world’s largest private equity real estate firms, developers, and asset managers.
With more than 20 years of experience, Luke advises on a wide range of transactions, including M&A deals (involving real assets, real estate–intensive businesses, or operating platforms), joint ventures, club deals, development work, restructurings, and fund formation. His transactional experience covers all the major real estate sectors, including hotels, office, life sciences, logistics, retail, student accommodation, and residential. He has also acted on deals in most European jurisdictions.
On the hire, BCLP global head of real estate Chris de Pury said: 'We are excited to welcome Luke to BCLP as our Corporate Real Estate and Funds team continues to grow in London. Combined with our steady growth in Germany and France, we’re building one of the top pan-European practices in the world, and Luke is a perfect fit for the types of large, complex matters we’re handling around the globe.'
