Dentons has hired Brian Hutcheson as a partner in its UK Real Estate practice. Brian will be based in the firm’s Glasgow office and joins from Morton Fraser where he has been a partner since 2006.
Brian specialises in development work, investment sales and purchases, property finance and leasing arrangements across a range of sectors including retail, student housing, build to rent/multifamily, hotels, leisure and hospitality. He is also chair of the Investment Property Forum in Scotland.
Deepa Deb, head of Dentons’ UK Real Estate practice, said, “Brian is highly respected in the Scottish real estate market and we are delighted to welcome him to Dentons. We have grown our Real Estate teams for investment, development and regeneration and hotel transactions over the last few years and we are excited about consolidating that growth further with the addition of Brian to our team. These are unprecedented times and we remain committed to providing our clients with market-leading support across global and national real estate markets.”
Over the past year, Dentons’ UK Real Estate team has picked up Planning Law Firm of the Year at the Planning Awards 2019, been a finalist at the EG Awards, Scottish Property Awards, Scottish Legal Awards and The Herald Law Awards of Scotland, and advised on several high profile transactions such as Doosan Babcock’s continued occupation of its site in Renfrew (which was billed as Scotland’s largest industrial property deal in 2019), Sports Direct’s sale and leaseback of its Derbyshire distribution centre, and the sale of the Hampton by Hilton at Bristol Airport to Ability Group.
Dentons has launched several tools for businesses over the past two months to help with real estate issues related to COVID-19 across England, Wales and Scotland, including the COVID-19 Interactive Agreement Tool Kit and COVID-19 Interactive Lease Tool Kit. See all insights and resources on Dentons’ global COVID-19 hub.
Source: www.dentons.com
