In Adler’s Orbit, Deals Lead to Azeri First Family

  • Aliyevs plowed huge sums into real estate, Pandora Papers show
  • Some deals were done with the main financiers behind Adler
Sicilian Avenue, Holborn Links.Photographer: Leon Neal/Getty Images
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It was called “one of the most hush-hush transactions” in London’s real estate market.

A group of anonymous investors, represented by a little-known firm called Triangle Group, had outbid much more established players for a massive commercial and residential development steps from the British Museum. No one in the city’s notoriously gossipy property circles seemed to know who was behind the 212.5 million-pound ($292 million) purchase in June 2014.