Lender-Side Instructions

• Acting for specialist lender Zorin Finance on a £70 million investment refinancing loan to the Botley Development Company to support the development of student accommodation, build-to-rent properties, a hotel and commercial and community spaces in Oxford
• Acting for boutique property lender A.S.K. Partners on the £6.9 million refinancing of a central London office building
• Acting for Zorin Finance on acquisition and development financing transactions in aggregate debt value in excess of £100 million
• Acting for Principality Building Society as funding partner for a flagship regeneration scheme to create a £100 million urban village
• Acting for Principality Building Society on a £17 million development facility to partially fund the development of The Mill, Cardiff
• Acting for Warwick Capital on a £25 million credit facility to enable a developer to pursue residential development projects
• Acting for a private bank on the £120 million financing of a residential development project in west London
• Acting for a challenger bank on the financing of residential development, mixed-use and care home projects around the UK in aggregate debt value of £150 million
• Acting for a commercial bank on the £30 million financing of a London hotel and the £35 million financing of student accommodation in Hampshire

Borrower-side instructions

• Acting for Rightacres Property Co. on Cardiff’s Central Square project, a landmark office, retail and residential development and regeneration scheme with complex financing arrangements
• Acting for Choice Care Group on various facilities to fund the development of care homes and group operations in aggregate debt value in excess of £100 million
• Acting for LifeCare Residences on the development funding for London’s first luxury retirement community in Battersea and various retirement village and nursing home refinancings
• Acting for a leading London property developer on the £135 million financing for the development of a new commercial, retail and residential estate in east London and the £43 million senior and mezzanine financing for the development of a block of high-end residential units in north London
• Acting for a large asset management company on the £80 million senior and mezzanine refinancing of a portfolio of London office properties
• Acting for an Asian property developer on the £110 million financing for the redevelopment of a mixed-use office, residential and retail site in Central London
• Acting for a luxury hotel group on its group restructuring and the associated refinancing by way of a £180 million credit facility

Accolades

• The Real Estate Finance Team is ranked in The Legal 500
• The Real Estate Team is ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners
• The Real Estate Team is ranked Tier 2 in The Legal 500 

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