Elliot Weston | London | Hogan Lovells

Elliot Weston

Partner Corporate & Finance

Languages

English

Weston Elliot

Elliot Weston
Weston Elliot
  • Overview
  • Experience
  • Credentials
  • Insights and events
quote mark

Elliot Weston is "very good technically, approachable and quick to respond;" "he is commercially minded in his advice."

Chambers UK, 2020

Elliot is head of our global Tax, Pensions & Benefits practice and is a member of the Hogan Lovells' Corporate & Finance leadership, a global management team focused on the business strategy of the worldwide Corporate & Finance practice group. He has a broad experience of corporate tax matters and has advised extensively on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, funds, REITs, capital raisings, corporate reorganisations and financing transactions. Elliot regularly acts for investors and fund managers on the formation, downstream investment and capital raising of private and listed funds, in the UK and internationally.

Elliot has a particular focus on advising clients on tax and structuring for real estate transactions and regularly advises institutional investors, lenders, corporations and investment managers in the real estate sector.

Elliot also advises on tax dispute resolution matters, providing strategic and risk management advice and resolving enquiries and appeals.

quote mark

Elliot Weston is "very good technically, approachable and quick to respond;" "he is commercially minded in his advice."

Chambers UK, 2020

Representative experience

Advised KSL Capital Partners on its c.€131 million acquisition of La Sessola S.r.l. and La Sessola Service S.r.l., which own JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa, from Aareal Bank Group

Advised Columbia Threadneedle Real Estate on its acquisition of Nuveen Real Estate's UK Property Fund (UKPF). The acquisition creates a combined portfolio with a net asset value of over £1 billion

Advised Athena Racing on the formation of the America’s Cup Partnership 

Advsied Clipstone Industrial REIT plc on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Clipstone IX Limited and Clipstone Ten Limited to Sixth Street Partners for £345 million

Acted for British Land Plc on the corporate acquisition of a 50% interest in the Southgate shopping centre, Bath

Advised The Crown Estate on the forward funding of the stadium leisure park, Milton Keynes

Advised The Crown Estate on the acquisition of its interest in the Fosse Park retail park for £345m, their largest ever acquisition

Worked for Capita on the receivership sale of City landmark the Woolgate Exchange, to TPG and Ivanhoe Cambridge

Advised Henderson UK Property Unit Trust on the acquisition of Capital Business Park, Cambridge

Acted for ICG-Longbow on its equity and debt investment in Brighton Marina

Advised the National Farmers Union Mutual on its investment in the Grosvenor London Office Fund

Advised Deutsche Postbank on the refinancing of the Lloyd’s building

Advised HSBC on the sale and leaseback of the HSBC tower

Acted for Lend Lease on the redevelopment of Elephant and Castle and the Stratford post-Olympics site

Advised J Sainsbury on its opco/propco financing and various capital raisings

Advised Visa Europe on the IPO of Visa Inc, at the time the world’s largest IPO

Credentials

Education
  • Brasenose College, University of Oxford

Recognition

"Elliot has deep technical knowledge which he applies in a helpful and pragmatic way.”

Chambers Europe

2026
"Elliot is very sensible and knowledgeable.”

Chambers Europe

2026
Leading Individual, Corporate Tax

Legal 500

2020
Real Estate: Tax

Chambers UK

2026