Sarah Louise Atkinson

• Advised on portfolio bond lease sale and leaseback transactions involving care homes, outdoor educational centres, caravan parks and garden centres with a total value of £400m.°
• Advised on the acquisition of a portfolio of 5 science parks with a total value of £94m in a challenging three week timeframe. Sarah continues to oversee the management of this portfolio of assets.°
• Advised on the acquisition of The Holbeck Portfolio in Leeds city centre for the purposes of a scheme of mixed use development with an anticipated developed value of £500m.°
• Acted for joint venture vehicle and equity funder in purchasing the Sovereign Shopping Centre, Weston-Super-Mare by way of a purchase of a Jersey Property Unit Trust.°
• Worked on a deal to purchase a portfolio of 20 mixed use properties by way of purchase of a complex offshore corporate structure for a reported value in excess of £130 million.°
• Advised the Oaktree Capital Management and Patrizia joint venture on its acquisition of three MEPC business parks for £430 million from Hermes Real Estate. The business parks comprise: Chineham Park in Basingstoke, Birchwood Park in Warrington and Hillington Park in Glasgow.°

°The above representations were handled by Ms. Atkinson prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

• Before converting to law, Sarah spent a year teaching English as a foreign language in Menorca followed by a year working for Procter & Gamble in Rome on their cash forecasting and bank reconciliation.

• Listed, The Legal 500 UK, Commercial Property: Investment, 2022
• Team Member, PERE Global Awards, Law Firm of the Year: Fund Formation in Europe, 2018

• Member, Committee for Women in Property in the South East region.