International: Eye on logistics (Webinar)

In brief

Our Global Real Estate Group recently hosted a webinar on current hot topics impacting the global warehousing and logistics market. Experts from our real estate and construction team were joined by Marcus de Minckwitz, EMEA Head of Industrial and Logistics at Savills, and Michael Smith, President of First Mile Refrigerated Ventures, a US private equity firm investing into cold storage and processing facilities.


Contents

In more detail

The webinar began with a market update from Marcus de Minckwitz, EMEA Head of Industrial and Logistics at Savills.

It then moved on to a panel discussion, with Michael Smith, President of First Mile Refrigerated Ventures; Florian Thamm, Partner and Chair of Baker McKenzie's Real Estate Practice Group; Mike Webster, Construction Partner; and Ben Farnell, Real Estate and Sustainability Partner.

The discussion covered the following topics:

  • What are the key differences between logistics and other assets?
  • What sort of leasing considerations are specific to a logistics project?
  • Are we seeing an increase in construction projects for warehousing and logistics developments, and has this been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic?
  • What changes are we seeing to the procurement approaches for owners and developers who are developing logistics assets?
  • What sort of ESG commitments are being embedded into legal documentation for logistics projects?
  • What are the most popular structures used for logistics transactions in Europe at the moment?
  • What are typical real estate joint venture structures? 

A full recording of the webinar can be viewed here.

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If you have any questions on the topics raised in this webinar, please get in touch with your usual Baker McKenzie contact, or any of the panelists listed on the right-hand side of this alert.

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