Greenberg Traurig Adds Shareholders Simon Elliott and Robert Turner to London Real Estate and Entertainment, Media & Sports Teams

Simon Elliott and Robert Turner have joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP in London as shareholders in the firm’s Real Estate practice and Entertainment, Media & Sports practice, respectively. Simon Elliott joins Greenberg Traurig from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. He is an established real estate lawyer whose practice spans developments, acquisitions and disposals, pre‑lets, financings, and landlord and tenant matters. Elliott advises institutional investors, developers, sovereign wealth funds, banks, and government‑owned entities on complex commercial real estate transactions, including major London asset acquisitions, large‑scale city centre redevelopments, purpose‑built student accommodation platforms, and significant hotel developments. His representative matters include advising British Land and joint venture partners on the Broadgate redevelopment and pre‑letting programme (including 1 Broadgate, 2 Finsbury Avenue and 1 Appold Street), Brookfield on the development, City of London headlease re‑gear, pre‑letting and financing of 1 Leadenhall, and a sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition, financing and asset management of 8 Canada Square (HSBC Tower) at Canary Wharf. He is recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Commercial Property in Legal 500 UK 2026. Robert Turner joins Greenberg Traurig from Bird & Bird. He advises on complex, cross‑border commercial transactions and regulatory matters across the sports and entertainment sectors. Turner has represented major sports rights‑holders on high‑profile sponsorship and licensing arrangements, wagering rights, media rights, event staging, catering supply arrangements and other high‑value commercial partnerships, and has acted on multiple Premier League club shirt sponsorship agreements, multibillion‑dollar technical partner arrangements and event staging for some of the world’s largest sporting events. His practice also includes advising clients on regulatory and consumer compliance issues, including investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority and the Advertising Standards Authority. He is recognised as a Next Generation Partner for Sport in Legal 500 UK 2026.

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Greenberg Traurig Adds Shareholders Simon Elliott and Robert Turner to London Real Estate and Entertainment, Media & Sports Teams

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