LiRE July Update
July breakfast with Colliers, Investment Club Incubator, Meet the CEO news & more!
Hi all!
Lots of goodies this month, despite a general slowing down over the summer. Hope everyone is staying cool!
July breakfast with our corporate member Colliers is next week! Grab a spot HERE.
Final couple of weeks to register for the Investment Club Incubator via THIS FORM. Next meeting is on 22nd July with ASK Partners, details below.
Meet the CEO returns in September with Dame Dawn Childs DBE FREng of Pure Data Centres Group - with thanks to Emma Perrin and A&O Shearman for hosting. Registration opens later this month for members & paying subscribers.
LiRE Retreat 2026: For LiRE’s 10 year anniversary we want to celebrate with a few close friends in a tropical location! Details to be unveiled at next week’s breakfast and then shared with the community in a special newsletter next Thursday.
Corporate member S&W are hosting a special event next week and they’ve extended the invite to those of you who work in real estate investment and development; see below.
LiRE Hot Take
Are you a bit intimidated by Excel models? If so, no need to be, but you may be interested in checking out Lucy Gordon’s Excel in Property. If you want to grow into a development or investment management role and help investors make key decisions (or become an investor yourself), this is a pretty critical skill to master & Lucy makes it easy. Historically, this has been the area where many women especially do not do well during the interview process for an investment management role and I would love to see that change!
Meet the CEO returns in September
Paying subscribers & corporate members will get priority access to register for our next Meet the CEO session. Registration opens later this month, but sharing details now so you can save the date if you’re interested in joining! As data centres have grown in popularity, we’re excited to have Dame Dawn Childs DBE FREng of Pure DC with us.
If you have interest in the sector, this will be a great event to attend & my guess is these spots will go before they reach the free tier.
LiRE Investment Club
A special session of our popular investment forum returns on the evening of 22nd July, kindly hosted by ASK Partners with thanks to Belinda Inocco.
We will be launching our pilot incubator programme. If any questions about the programme, do get in touch by replying to this email or check out a short presentation on our LinkedIn page. If you haven’t registered yet, you have until 15th July to do so via THIS FORM - you must be a corporate member or Annual tier & above.
Register to attend the July meeting at this link. Meetings are open to all.
LiRE Corporate Member Event from S&W
Unlocking Opportunities: Trends in Real Estate Investment & Deals
OPEN TO REAL ESTATE INVESTORS & DEVELOPERS
There will also be an unmissable deep dive into corporate real estate M&A. Expert specialists from our real estate team will unpack the latest trends – spotlighting the risks, the opportunities and the strategies you need to navigate the deal process with confidence.
Event will be a networking breakfast with a panel next Tuesday 8 July. You can register HERE.
Expert panel:
Richard Redstone - Principal, Blue Owl Capital
Simon Tatford – Director of Tax and Structures, Canary Wharf Group
Torsten Mack - Investment Director, Downing LLP
Christine Milne – Finance Director, Newcore Capital
S&W - Real Estate Group (Tax & Transactions)
LiRE Membership
We appreciate the growing LiRE membership, partly because it enables us to work on more programming for the community, but also because members engage with the community differently - they’re showing up for each other in deeper ways.
Below is a handy overview of what membership offers
Just £5/ month will get you priority access to most of our events.
The annual membership and above will guarantee you spots to all our events & initiatives.
Corporate members have all of the above plus increased exposure via our channels and website as well as through special events with LiRE. To sign up to a corporate membership, you can get in touch or grab the form on our website HERE.
Get in touch if you’d like to learn more. If you’re currently studying or unemployed, do get in touch for a 3-month trial subscription.
LiRE Global Chapters
LiRE is now present in Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Dublin, Amsterdam, New York, and Vancouver, with Berlin launching this September.
We’ve been setting up sections for each one on Substack which will launch later this summer. I’ll include links to subscribe just to them or those who are registered under the various geographies will receive information more directly. This will not impact any London-based members subscribing to THIS newsletter; the sections will be additional & free to access.
If you have any questions about the different chapters or would like to start one in a new location, do get in touch!
LiRE Socials
We post more content on our socials as well: TikTok and Instagram. For the latest hot goss & ad hoc updates, please follow this link to our WhatsApp group.
LiRE Features
If you’d like to feature your business or market expertise with the LiRE community, we’d love to include you in the newsletter. There are so many bright minds and interesting ideas across the community that we’d like to share more. The intention with this will be to help more of you find collaborators & clients in new ways. If interested, please send back answers to the following, plus your contact details:
How do you or your business perceive the current market in your sector?
What’s one thing that could help you in your career or business right now? E.g., something you might ask of the LiRE network.
What do you think is one thing that is often missed in your line of work?
That’s all for now!
Adina