AI-washing – when AI hype becomes a litigation risk
Edward Meadowcroft
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Hotels & Leisure, Chambers UK, 2025“I'm constantly impressed by Ed's unique combination of competence and commercial focus. He's a confidence-inspiring legal adviser.”
Edward is a private equity real estate partner in our global Private Equity team, based in the London office. Edward focuses on all aspects of private equity real estate.
He advises UK and international investors on the full spectrum of private equity real estate transactions, from acquisitions and disposals to restructurings, management agreements and cross-border joint ventures.
Edward works across all real estate asset classes but has a particular focus on the hotels and hospitality sector.
Hotels & Leisure, Chambers UK, 2025“I'm constantly impressed by Ed's unique combination of competence and commercial focus. He's a confidence-inspiring legal adviser.”
Representative experience
Starwood Capital on its acquisition of a portfolio of 10 hotels from Edwardian Group.*
Starwood Capital on its disposal of a portfolio of 14 hotels in the UK to Foncière des Régions for a purchase price in excess of US$1bn.*
Starwood Capital on its acquisition of 13 industrial sites across England.*
Starwood Capital on the disposal of three London apart-hotels to Pandox for a purchase price of approximately £230m.*
Angelo Gordon on various sale and leaseback transactions in England, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain.*
Benson Elliot (now Pinebridge Benson Elliot) on its acquisition of Hotel Diagonal in Barcelona, in joint venture with Walton Street Capital and Highgate and subsequent sale to Ennismore.*
Benson Elliot (now Pinebridge Benson Elliot) on its acquisition of three hotels in Disneyland, Paris.*
Lifestyle Hospitality Capital on its joint venture and management arrangements with Elliott Investment Management.*
Goldman Sachs on its acquisition of a portfolio of 12 hotels in Ireland and related franchise arrangements with Travelodge.*
Goldman Sachs on the franchise agreement with Hard Rock for the first Hard Rock Hotel in Ireland.*
Evans Randall on its sale of Riverbank House for a consideration in excess of €400m.*
Evans Randall on its sale of Old Broad Street for a consideration in excess of €200m.*
LRC Group on its acquisition of a portfolio of 23 UK hotels from Lone Star for a purchase price of approximately £600m.*
LRC Group on its acquisition of a portfolio of seven Hilton hotels from Oaktree Capital Management.*
Cerberus on a number of UK acquisitions.*
ActivumSG on a number of UK and European acquisitions and disposals.*
a&o Hostels on a number of acquisitions.*
Starwood Capital on its sale of a portfolio held in joint venture with M7, consisting of 49 logistics assets located in the Netherlands and Germany, to Blackstone for a consideration of c.€400m.*
Starwood Capital on its acquisition of a development site in Manchester in joint venture with Property Alliance Group for an anticipated £200m mixed use redevelopment.*
Benson Elliot (now Pinebridge Benson Elliot) on its joint venture with Walton Street Capital and Algonquin and acquisition by the joint venture of a pan-European hotel portfolio for c.€400m.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- Legal Practice Course, The University of Law, Moorgate, 2012
- LL.B., The University of Law, Moorgate, 2012
- Graduate Diploma in Law, The University of Law, Moorgate, 2011
- BA (Hons) History, University of Warwick, 2009
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Solicitor, England and Wales
Recognition
News
Press releases
09 April 2026