John Bennett Bio

John is a senior member of our global real estate sector group and leads the firm’s pan-European real estate business. He has over 40 years’ experience as a corporate dealmaker and commercial adviser across the capital stack to sponsors, owners, developers, investors, operators, managers and innovators in the real estate market, real estate based operating businesses and evolving real estate businesses, formats and technologies. John combines a unique blend of boardroom experience, strategic focus and commercial acumen with his specialist expertise in public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships and other direct and indirect investment structures, private equity, corporate finance, restructurings and work-outs and his increasing focus on the real estate sector across different asset classes. John is recognised as a leading individual by Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers in the UK and is listed as an “Eminent Practitioner” by Chambers and Partners with clients saying “John is exceptionally well respected across the legal industry and is highly knowledgeable” (Chambers and Partners).