Felicity Jones
Partner London
Felicity is a Partner in the Corporate and M&A group and leads the EMEA Hotels & Hospitality group.
She primarily acts for clients with operating assets which are frequently real estate assets or trading activities where the real estate assets are fundamental to the business, (e.g. hotels, student accommodation and branded residences).
In addition to the acquisition and disposal of portfolio and individual real estate assets and portfolios in the UK and continental Europe, Felicity also advises a broad range of clients on corporate matters including sale and leaseback or management arrangements, operating agreements and franchises for owners and operators (in jurisdictions from the UK to the Middle East) and joint ventures.
She assists in managing disputes, and works with management teams and/or lenders regarding development, structure, fundraising (loan and equity) and security issues.
Felicity is recognised for her expertise in the hotel sector by leading directories. Legal 500 UK 2024 notes she “is fierce in negotiations and has great specialist knowledge of hotels”.
- Advising Frasers Centrepoint Ltd on its £686m acquisition, via subsidiary Frasers Property International Pte. Ltd., of a portfolio comprising four high quality UK business parks.
- Advising a London-based developer and operator of hotels under an emerging lifestyle brand around the world, on a reorganisation involving 10 companies in four jurisdictions (UK, Netherlands, France and US) as well as its financing and operating agreements.
- Advising Frasers Hospitality UK Holdings Limited on the £363m acquisition of Malmaison Hotel du Vin group from private equity firm KSL Capital Partners LLC.
- Advising Grivalia Hospitality on the agreement for the purchase of a 60% stake in the Pearl Island resort project in Panama from Dolphin Capital Investors and its One&Only project in Greece.
- Advising BSDR on its acquisition by Knights plc.
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