Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that it has signed the lease on the firm’s future London office at 25 Moorgate EC2R with global asset manager Barings. The lease will run for an initial period of fifteen years, with WFW expecting to relocate in late summer 2026 after the building’s fit-out.
WFW will be the newly refurbished eight storey building’s sole tenant. A short distance’s walk from Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Bank stations, WFW’s new London home will feature a roof terrace and club space, seventh floor staff café with terraces, two connected client floors including a business lounge, 159 bicycle spaces with maintenance station and luxurious changing rooms, showers and lockers.
A high quality and low carbon building, 25 Moorgate will be certified by BREEAM, NABERS and WELL once its refurbishment is complete. Sustainability features include reused materials, rainwater harvesting from the roof and terraces to reduce water consumption, cutting edge glazing and insulation to reduce the need for mechanical heating and cooling and an all-electric system generating renewable energy from rooftop solar PV.
WFW Managing Partner Lindsey Keeble commented: “We’re excited to have signed with Barings on such a fantastic new home for our 500+ people in London as their team’s vision and passion for 25 Moorgate aligns perfectly with our firm’s sustainability goals and agile working and staff wellbeing policies. I’m really looking forward to moving in, when we will also be bidding a fond farewell to 15 Appold Street which has been our home since 1992”.
Squarebrook acted as WFW’s real estate advisor.
