Hugo Jay

Hugo's practice focuses on infrastructure and real estate, advising a broad range of clients on development, investment and finance.

Hugo has particular experience in the acquisition, development and disposal of data centers and high-value real estate assets by way of complex joint venture, financing, forward funding and forward sale arrangements.

Investment & Development

• Advising a leading global data center operator on the GBP 220 million acquisition of a data center in the London area, comprised of a fully-developed building and a partially-developed building with 25,600m² of data center server space and 64MW of critical IT load once fully built out.

• Advising Ooredoo Group (a MENA data center operator) on the asset level structuring of its data centers in multiple jurisdictions for its strategic partnership with Iron Mountain, allowing the expansion of its data center operations to over 120MW through a USD 1 billion medium term investment.

• Advising Daiwa House on its first UK residential development project, a joint venture with Lendlease to build 259 BTS apartments at Elephant Park with a GBP 250 million GDV.

• Advising a US fund on joint venturing with a UK developer to build a GBP 330 million GDV mixed-use London development comprised of 950 PBSA and 200 affordable units.

• Advising a US fund on joint venturing with a UK developer in respect of a GBP 240 million forward funded retrofit of a central London office block into a medical facility with a pre-let to a major healthcare provider.

• Advising Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (a Singapore REIT) on the GBP 170 million acquisition of Blythe Valley Park (a 1.2 million sq ft mixed use business park).

• Advising Frasers Property Limited on the GBP 135 million acquisition of Bedfont Lakes (a 271,725 sq ft premium business park).

• Advising Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust on the GBP 101 million forward funded development and pre-let to Peugeot Motor Company Plc of Ellesmere Port (a 668,000 sq ft state- of-the-art logistics facility).

• Advising an international hotel group on the GBP 190 million acquisition and extensive refit of a central London hotel.

• Advising a joint venture entity on the pre-planning acquisition and post-planning disposal of a London site, which will be comprised of 160 BTS and 80 affordable units with a GBP 135 million GDV.

• Advising London Legacy Development Corporation on the GBP 1.1 billion development and pre-let of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park's East Bank.

• Advising a UK house builder on the implementation of a GBP 1 billion GDV multi-phased, 5,500 BTS and affordable unit London development.

Finance

• Advising a Malaysian retail bank on the provision of a GBP 210 million facility for the redevelopment of a 428,000 sq ft central London office space.

• Advising a Malaysian retail bank on securing a GBP 135 million facility over a portfolio of UK commercial properties.

Leasing

• Advising a Singapore technology company on taking a lease of and carrying out a GBP 65 million retrofit on its flagship UK office.

• Advising a Japanese trading company on taking a GBP 2.5 million p.a. London office lease.