Lynsey Grossi

Lynsey Grossi is a Legal Director within the real estate and hospitality team. Her primary practice area is Real Estate Law.

She works closely with international, regional and domestic clients including developers, owners, investors, operators, funds, investment managers and financial institutions, advising them on the acquisition and disposal of commercial property, property development, joint ventures, sale/leasebacks, build-to-suit, commercial leasing and hospitality. She is experienced in a wide range of public and private real estate and corporate real estate transactions, bringing a wealth of experience from her fifteen-year career in real estate across the United Kingdom, Australia and MENA regions.

Her recent experience includes advising on the sale and leaseback of premises valued at AED 120 million in National Industries Park, Dubai on behalf of Lals Group; advising Paris Society in connection with its hospitality assets in the GCC, including the leasing of prime hospitality premises; preparing a portfolio of leasing precedents for Masdar in Abu Dhabi; and advising a UK REIT in connection with its acquisition of a large portfolio of real estate assets across the GCC.

She has also acted for Galadari Group in the lease of premises valued at approximately AED 3 million per year; acted for Apollo Global Management in relation to the due diligence of real estate assets in relation to its USD 400 million investment with Aldar; acted for Peninsula Real Estate Management Limited in relation to the purchase of land to the value of AED 555 million in Abu Dhabi; and advised on a build-to-suit lease for a hospital in KSA.

Other matters include advising a well-known Spanish hospitality entity on its lease and hospitality management agreements in Dubai; advising a US developer on jointly owned property documentation for a residential suburb and golf course in Dubai; negotiating demerger deeds and landlord consents for hotels, taverns and liquor stores across Australia in preparation for the demerger of the AUD $12 billion Endeavour Group from Woolworths Group; negotiating leases for retail and hospitality venues for Woolworths Group, ALH Group and Endeavour Group; negotiating leases for Brookfield; and acting for various hotel owners in relation to land acquisitions, project development agreements, hotel management agreements and licensing service agreements in Australia and the MENA region.

She holds an LLB in Law with Spanish and is admitted as a Solicitor in Scotland and Australia. She speaks English.