Palina Pradhan

Palina Pradhan is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Real Estate Practice. Based in London, Palina advises on a broad range of corporate real estate transactions on behalf of leading international private equity investors, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, corporations and property companies. She concentrates her practice on complex, cross-border real estate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and other investments.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:

• APG Asset Management (acting for Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP) on its joint venture with Greystar to establish a new Dutch Essential Housing Venture with a first tranche commitment of €420 million to develop and deliver new high quality housing for mid-income earners, key workers and pensioners
• A sovereign wealth fund on its joint venture platforms with Greystar for student housing and PRS accommodations in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
• CPPIB on its acquisition of Round Hill Capital’s minority stake in the RHESA partnership and acquisition of the “Nido Living”, a leading European PBSA operator and manager
• CPPIB on its joint venture with Hamilton-Pyramid Europe for a new European hotel investment platform with initial equity commitment of €500m and acquisition of the W Rome Hotel
• UPS Inc on its acquisition of Bomi Italia, a global healthcare logistics business headquartered in Italy with 216 facilities across 14 countries and 3000 employees
• TPG on its disposal of the science and technology Arlington Business Parks to Brookfield Asset Management for c.£715m
• Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of a portfolio of German student housing accommodations and joint venture with minority partner and asset manager
• Blackstone on the sale of seven Center Parcs holiday parks in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium to Aroundtown
• Brookfield Asset Management on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, and its acquisition of a controlling stake in International Campus Group and subsequent joint venture with minority investors
• TPG and Ivanhoé Cambridge on the sale of their interest in P3 Parks logistics business to GIC for approximately €2.4 billion
• Brookfield Properties in its acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in two office buildings from joint venture partner Oxford Properties
• APG Asset Management and Sonae Sierra on the sale of 50% interest in the Sierra Prime shopping centers, a portfolio of 6 Iberian shopping centers to Allianz and Elo pension fund and establishing a new four-way joint venture for the continued development and management of the portfolio
• Brookfield Asset Management on the restructuring and sale of 20 Canada Square, London
• GIC on its joint venture with APG Asset Management to form a new European hotel investment platform, Archer Hotel Capital and acquisition of Host Hotel & Resorts, a portfolio of 11 hotels across Europe
• Almacantar in the pre-let of Two Southbank Place, London to WeWork

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Palina was an attorney at another international law firm. She received her LL.B. and B.S.S. from Macquarie University in 2008, where she was inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society. Palina is admitted to practice in the New South Wales Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Australia.