Palina Pradhan

Palina Pradhan is Senior Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Real Estate Practice. Based in London, Palina advises leading international fund sponsors on a broad range of corporate real estate transactions. Her practice encompasses complex, cross-border real estate acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and other investments, particularly in the logistics, PRS and student accommodation sectors.

Palina’s representative experience includes:

• Blackstone on the acquisition of a c.€2.4 billion French logistics portfolio owned by Proudreed Holdings
• Blackstone on the acquisition of a logistics portfolio located across Czech Republic and Slovakia from TPG Real Estate and Contera for c. €470m
• Sixth Street on its joint venture with Patron Capital in connection with the acquisition of Cala, a major U.K. housebuilder, from Legal & General
• Blackstone on the acquisition of the Grand Hyatt Athens from Henderson Park and Hines for c. €235m

Palina’s select experience prior to Simpson Thacher includes representing:

• APG on its joint venture with Greystar to establish the Dutch Essential Housing Venture for investment in the Dutch housing market
• A sovereign wealth fund on establishing its joint venture platforms for investment in student housing in the U.K. and Netherlands
• TPG on its disposal of Arlington Business Parks, a U.K. science and technology park, to Brookfield for c. £715m and on its c.€2.4 billion disposal of P3 Parks logistics business to GIC
• Brookfield on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

Palina received her LL.B. and B.S.S. from Macquarie University in 2008 with Honors, where she was a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society. She is admitted in the New South Wales Supreme Court (Australia) and in the Federal Court of Australia.