TRACK RECORD OF THE DIRECTORS
HOTELS AND RESORTS
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Macdonald Hotels and Resorts Origination and advisory role of the Macdonald Hotels in Manchester and Edinburgh.
DoubleTree by Hilton Acquisition and operational management of The Morrison, Dublin
Formby Hall Golf Resort Acquisition and asset management of Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Liverpool.
DoubleTree by Hilton Acquisition and asset management of Doubletree by Hilton Docklands Riverside, London.
Chewton Glen Acquisition of Chewton Glen Hotel in Hampshire.
Strand Palace Hotel Acquisition of the Strand Palace Hotel in London.
Accor Hotels Investment into a syndicate that acquired a €863m portfolio of Accor Hotels across Holland (19 hotels) and Germany (72 hotels).
Club Med Acquisition of a Club Med Hotel and Resort in The Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean. 
Great Northern Hotel Acted as development manager for the acquisition and redevelopment of the Great Northern Hotel in Kings Cross. 
Howard Johnson Development of Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn and Howard Johnson branded properties across the UK. 
Hilton Acquisition of the Park Lane Hilton from Land Securities plc. Acquisition of the Hilton Frankfurt, Germany. 
LEISURE
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Next Generation Acquisition of Next Generation Clubs (NGC) from a consortium of High-Net-Worth Investors. NGC was a group of 14 upscale sports and racquets clubs – deal size £102m.
David Lloyd Clubs Acquisition of David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) from Whitbread PLC. DLL was a group comprising 69 racquets clubs – deal size £925m. We then managed the subsequent merger of DLL and NGC to create a group comprising 83 clubs.
V&A Waterfront Cape Town Acquisition (in a JV with Istithmar of Dubai) of the Victoria & Albert Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. A 123 hectare mixed use location for leisure, retail and hotels – deal size $950m. 
Luminar Acquisition of a portfolio of leisure properties leased to First Leisure, including the Empire Leicester Square, which were subsequently re-leased to Luminar Leisure. HEALTH
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General Healthcare Group Acquisition of General Healthcare Group, the largest private hospital provider in the UK, in a consortium including Apax and Netcare – deal size £2.35bn. The deal was the largest M&A transaction in the European healthcare services sector.
Southern Cross Healthcare Acquisition of Ashbourne Living leased properties from private owners, then subject to a rebranding to Southern Cross which, at the time, was one of the largest private nursing home operators in the UK.
British Society of Gastroenterology Development of a specialist gastroenterology facility in the SW of England.
