Emma Perrin
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Emma Perrin

Counsel

Emma leads the construction and development team in our London Real Estate practice group.

She is experienced in advising on a wide range of construction and engineering projects for relevant interested parties, with a particular focus on private sector developer, investor and retail clients across all asset classes.

Emma advises clients on a broad range of procurement matters, including procurement strategies, construction framework contracts, standard building and engineering contracts, including the JCT, NEC, FIDIC, MF1 and IChemE forms of contract, associated framework and project specific consultant documentation, funding, security and collateral agreements. She regularly provides advice on the construction aspects of real estate and development matters, including on the acquisition, sale and leasing of properties through various differing structures.

She has extensive experience advising lenders and sponsors on all construction aspects of financing transactions and is a key part of the firm’s market leading real estate finance practice, having acted on some of the most significant development financings in London in recent years. She is noted by clients for her quality of advice in this field.

Emma is also experienced in advising on contract management and issues arising in the early stages of potential disputes, including contractor insolvency, and has advised on a number of construction disputes.

She is a core member of the firm’s data centre group and is currently working on a number of data centre projects.


Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • A private capital client on a series of forward funding arrangements for its investment into the logistics sector in the UK.
  • A global institution on the development financing of a data centre in Oxfordshire, UK.
  • A global institution in respect of the development of multiple data centres in Berkshire, UK.
  • A global real estate fund in a joint venture with an investment manager on the acquisition and large scale redevelopment of a 250,000 sq. ft. office building at 280 Bishopsgate in the City of London and its subsequent re-leasing.
  • Advising in relation to contractor insolvency in the UK and the ways to mitigate against an insolvency situation, actions following insolvency and finalising developments.
  • A UK real estate fund and a real estate developer on their joint venture development of Ruskin Square, Croydon and on letting 180,000 sq. ft. of office space at Ruskin Square to HMRC.
  • A global real estate fund in a joint venture with an investment manager on the acquisition and redevelopment of a 113,000 sq. ft. office building near Euston Station.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2005

Academic

Legal Practice Course, Corporate, The College of Law at York, 2002

LLB, Law, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2001

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.