With one of the largest and most experienced teams of real estate finance lawyers in the UK we have the resources and market insight to provide you with strategic advice across a broad range of financing transactions.
We regularly provide advice on both development and investment transactions in the core traditional offices, retail, hotels and industrial markets. In the alternative markets, have been involved in student accommodation and renewables since their inception, and have a growing reputation in Build to Rent.
We advise banks, lending institutions, real estate debt funds and borrowers on both a UK and cross-jurisdictional basis. As a result of this holistic experience, we appreciate the commercial and legal requirements of all parties, ensuring more effective transaction advice and efficient execution.
With the experience of three recessions under our belt, we can navigate the commercial and credit risks of your financing transaction, ensuring that funding arrangements are executed effectively and your exposure to risk is minimised.
Areas of focus
Our expertise in real estate finance includes:
- Commercial and residential portfolio acquisitions and disposals
- Lending for real estate acquisitions and development projects
- Restructuring existing finance arrangements
- Loan book sales
- Syndicated and bi-lateral transactional work
- Warehousing facilities and securitisations
- Tax efficient security structures
- Defaulting real estate-backed loans and inter-creditor issues
- Non-transactional work such as standard form loan documentation
- Islamic finance structures
- Scottish real estate finance
- Realisation of real estate security in enforcement situations for lenders, receivers and administrators