The recognition stems from the firm’s advisory work on the establishment of The UK Housing Platform Fund, managed by Waypoint Asset Management. This complex transaction involved a portfolio of nearly 5,500 single-family homes across 71 sites, marking it as a defining deal within the residential property sector. An independent panel of judges selected the firm based on the rigor and complexity of the acquisition.

Steven Cowins, co-chair of the firm's Global Real Estate Funds Practice, credited the win to a multidisciplinary approach. The transaction required deep integration across tax, real estate finance, private equity, and corporate law departments. The London-based team included shareholders Clive Jones, Jessica Ganagasegaran, Duncan Hubbard, Danielle L. Martin, Marc Snell, Andrew Sterling, and Henrietta Walker, supported by a broad bench of senior associates and legal counsel.