International law firm Withers has grown its respected commercial real estate practice through the addition of partners Simon Ewing and Ruby Dalal, consultant Eleanor Newton and associate Vanessa Jones. The new team all join from Charles Russell Speechlys, where Simon occupied a number of senior management roles as well as heading up the Real Estate Global Private Wealth Group and Ruby co-headed the India and Data Centre Groups.
The team brings a strong and deep set of experience across all aspects of commercial property projects and complex, high value transactions across all asset classes.
Simon has 22 years’ experience in commercial real estate, acting for institutions, lenders, family offices, HNWs, sovereign wealth funds and property companies. He has increasingly shaped his practice focusing on UK and international private capital, acting as a trusted advisor to his clients transacting across all sectors in real estate. He is praised for being a “no nonsense” and “commercially astute” lawyer. Simon has developed long standing international relationships and has a very good understanding of the requirements of his overseas clients.
Ruby has over a decade’s worth of experience leading in commercial real estate investment transactions, across all asset classes including offices, retail, logistics, data centres and retirement living. Ruby acts as the lead lawyer to a number of family offices, overseas clients and institutions investing into UK property. She leads on complex secured lending transactions, acting for banks and alternative lenders as well as borrowers.
Eleanor and Vanessa also work across the board, having worked closely with Simon and Ruby as a team for many years and bring a breadth of experience and knowledge.
Jeremy Wakeham, head of Withers’ Business division and commercial real estate partner, comments: “This is a great match-up, bringing Simon, Ruby and their team’s experience in real estate investment within our broader focus on the uses of private capital across the economy. Withers will make a great home for the team and allow them to further develop their work.”
Simon adds: “Speaking on behalf of the team, we are all hugely looking forward to integrating with Withers’ international property team and across the wider firm. The platform Withers presents with its leading reputation in private wealth and its global reach fits extremely well with our expertise and our client base.”
Withers’ global Real Estate team operates across the firm’s international office network and is recognised in the UK for its work with clients across the full range of asset classes and for providing a truly integrated service.
