Real Estate FinanceReal estate has never been more global or complex
than it is today. Whether advising on development orinvestment transactions, we understand that finance iscritical to our client's success.

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Combining industry insight and practical legal
experience, our global real estate finance team is at theforefront of helping our clients navigate a range ofcomplex and high-profile real estate financetransactions, including investment, development,
structured real estate financings, loan-on-loan, debt
portfolio acquisitions, Sharia-compliant structures, andfinancings and refinancings of existing facilities. A
number of these deals have involved work in multiple
jurisdictions.

DenverWhether advising on offices, retail, industrial, logistics,hotel, residential, or any type of building, we can help.
Our integrated approach brings together lawyers
experienced in banking, real estate, construction,planning, capital markets, insurance, real estate
investment trusts (REITs), funds, and tax to provide aseamless service for our real estate clients.
We develop creative solutions in the areas where youneed us most.

Representative experience
Advised a syndicate of UK banks on the finance of alandmark London office building for £330m.

Andrew Flemming,London

Lea Ann Fowler,
Jo Solomon,
LondonAreas of focus
Direct Lending
Cross-border Restructuring andInsolvency
Securitization and StructuredFinanceReal Estate Investment
Real Estate Development
Real Estate Funds
Real Estate Private Equity
Sustainable Finance & Investment

Related practices
Real Estate
Leveraged and Acquisition FinanceBanking and Loan FinanceAdvised Ivanhoe Cambridge in relation to the financing
of a large portfolio of European hotels located inGermany, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Advised a syndicate of commercial lenders on a $500m
complex revolving loan secured by various classes ofcollateral, including 36 senior housing facilities.
Advised a UK fund on the financing of an acquisition ofa UK wide portfolio of retail units.
Advising a private family office on joint venturearrangements and the subsequent acquisition andfinancing of a portfolio of hotels.
Advising a UK based fund on the financing of thedevelopment of hotels in the UK.
Advised cross-border lending banks on HK$2.8bn
onshore and offshore financing secured by onshore
property of Pacific Century Premium Developments
Limited.
Advised Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) andLandesbank Berlin (LBB) on the financing of thepremium real estate development One Goethe Plaza inFrankfurt am Main.
Advised U and I Group PLC on its new 50:50 joint
venture platform with Colony NorthStar to invest up to€300m in the London City, Manchester and Dublin
office markets.
Advised BMG Barberino S.r.l., on the EUR 71,000,000
credit facilities made available by Credit Agricole CIB
for the refinancing of the acquisition and developmentof the Barberino Outlet Mall.
Advising HSBC Bank plc on the financing of real estate
owned by the AGRO Merchants Group throughout
Europe.

Awards and rankings
Real Estate Firm of the Year (Germany), Best Lawyers
Awards, 2018
Real Estate Team of the Year (UK), Legal Business

Related sectors
Real Estate
Financial Institutions

Awards, 2017
Band 2 for Real Estate Finance, Chambers UK, 2018

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