Mayer Brown expands London Real Estate and Private Equity offer with appointments of Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher

London – Mayer Brown announced today that leading real estate lawyers Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher will join the firm as partners in the firm’s London office.

Mark Rajbenbach advises on all aspects of real estate investment transactions, with particular expertise in corporate and structured real estate matters, joint ventures and portfolio transactions, for global clients across the US, Europe and Asia. Mark is recognised as a leading practitioner in both the real estate and hotels and leisure sectors.

Victoria Butcher advises on all aspects of real estate investment transactions, including structured acquisitions and disposals and financing transactions, frequently acting on complex cross border mandates for clients across Europe, the US and Asia. She has significant expertise in the hotels and leisure and operational real estate sectors.

Dominic Griffiths, London Managing Partner, said: “Mark and Victoria are highly regarded practitioners with  strong profiles in complex, structured and cross border real estate matters. Their arrivals further strengthen our market leading capabilities in London and complements our global platform, particularly for private capital clients active across the UK, Europe and US. Their practices fit squarely with our strategy to capture a greater share of high value, sophisticated real estate work.”

Chris Harvey, partner and global co-lead, Real Estate, said: “Mark and Victoria bring outstanding track records in areas including hospitality, leisure and operational real estate, and are adept at executing high profile, multi jurisdictional transactions for sponsors, investors and lenders - including private capital, institutional investors, and real estate private equity and credit funds. Their individual experiences in joint ventures, preferred equity and platform deals, will significantly enhance the solutions we provide to clients across the full real estate investment lifecycle.”

Andrew Hepner, partner and leader, London Real Estate, added: “Their focuses on US sponsor side work and their relationships with leading PERE clients provide natural synergies with our finance, private equity and funds teams. We are excited to collaborate with Mark and Victoria to support clients on complex cross border opportunities and to drive the firm’s US outbound initiative.”

Mark and Victoria both join Mayer Brown from Taylor Wessing. These appointments underscore Mayer Brown’s commitment to growing its global real estate and private capital capabilities, with an emphasis on complex, cross jurisdictional matters.