
Anna George
Biography
Anna George is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Real Estate Practice Group in London. Anna joined the Firm in October 2019, having previously trained at a large international law firm. She has also spent time on client secondment to the legal team of a major insurance company. She spent five months working in the Real Estate department of Baker McKenzie's Singapore office and has also been on secondment to the Real Estate department of Baker McKenzie's Dubai office.
Practice Focus
Anna has experience in a broad spectrum of legal matters relating to real estate law in the UK. She has a particular focus on real estate finance and commercial landlord and tenant matters but also regularly advises on acquisitions and disposals and property management work.
Anna acts for a wide variety of multinational clients including property investment funds, financial institutions, corporate occupiers and luxury retail clients.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advising a Singaporean property fund on the sale of a portfolio of student accommodation sites throughout the UK.
- Advising a leading financial institution on the financing of a large retailer’s headquarters in Paddington, London.
- Advising the lenders in relation to the infrastructure and development financing for the Greenford Quay development, a mixed-use regeneration development.
- Advising multinational corporate occupiers on the grant of leases of grade A office space and commercial landlord and tenant issues.
- Advising a real estate fund on the management of over GBP 500 million of Central London investment properties.
- Acting for a luxury retail client on its retail roll-out across the UK, including lettings of units in prominent high street locations, shopping centres and outlet villages and associated licensing matters.
- Advising a private equity firm on a complex bid process for the acquisition of a unique property portfolio comprising thousands of commercial rental spaces.
Professional Associations and Memberships
Law Society of England & Wales – Member
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (2019)
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.