If you are thinking of buying/selling, developing, asset managing, co-investing in or financing a commercial property, look no further. He acts for domestic and international investors on all types of real estate assets, from central London office schemes to operational industrial and operational sites, and for developers and funders. He has also acted for a host of lenders faced with the vexing questions of what to do when a loan becomes non-performing – review, restructure and/or enforce. As a sideline he's also responsible for the development of a new football stadium in London.

Dan has run some of the biggest real estate deals in the UK and in Europe over the last decade. He led the European team on GE's disposal of its real estate business to Blackstone for $24bn; will sign terms for a new £1.4bn skyscraper; funded a €150m scheme in Madrid; closed the UK's largest ever regional spec development funding (3 Snowhill), bought Bankside for £300m+, sold a number of shopping centres such as The Grafton Centre; forward funded two retail parks for The Crown Estate; acquired a £100m+ industrial portfolio for a major investment bank; bought lots of garden centres for Wyevale (a Terra Firma subsidiary) and run their sale/leaseback programme; bought a £400m+ student housing portfolio for an offshore investor; and negotiated Shariah compliant purchases for a major international Islamic investment bank.

The team is committed to asset management (how else can you understand an asset?) and Dan is still responsible for all lettings etc at Manchester Arndale (for M&G and Intu) amongst others.

He had a busy GFC, leading the real estate team's NPL/restructuring/insolvency on the administrations of retail chains Threshers, Peacocks and Bon Marché; the nightclub chain Luminar; and hotel group Guestinvest. On the flip side Dan and the team regularly act for originating lenders taking security over real estate assets - all the usuals plus department stores, hotels, pubs, care homes and airports.