Real Estate and Development Finance
We advise lenders and borrowers on all legal aspects of property finance transactions throughout the UK.
Our clients include investors and developers, real estate investment trusts, investment banks, institutional and other lenders to the property sector, as well as sponsors raising finance. We take a pragmatic and collaborative approach that is focused on ensuring that our clients’ objectives are met, and that the transaction is completed without any avoidable complications or delays.
This is an increasingly specialised area, and our core team has all the specific expertise required. When necessary, they bring in other teams from around the firm to give expert advice on banking, corporate finance, construction, planning and environment, corporate restructuring and insolvency, tax, or litigation.
Our expertise includes:
- Property due diligence
- Certificates of title and reports on title
- Preparation of loan documentation, standard securities and other relevant securities
- Planning and environmental issues
- Construction
- SPVs, property joint ventures, property funds and other investment vehicles
- Insolvency advice and debt and other asset recovery
- Security review and advice on enforcement
- Refinancing, restructuring and workouts
- Securitisation
- Tax allowances
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Andrew Kinnes
Partner
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Andrew Kinnes
Partner
