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Real Estate Finance

Linklaters’ global real estate finance team combines the experience of the firm’s pre-eminent finance, real estate and tax practices.

Recognised as one of the leading firms in the real estate finance field, Linklaters has an extensive real estate finance capability with a proven track record in handling the very largest and most complex real estate finance transactions.

Our real estate finance team acts for arrangers, lenders, corporates, real estate investment trusts and funds on a wide range of property investment and development financings. We have extensive experience in structuring and restructuring real estate finance transactions, whether through corporate acquisitions and joint ventures, funds or limited partnerships and by way of different funding options: senior debt, mezzanine finance, “opco/propco” structures and securitisations.

We adopt a sector-driven, collaborative approach to all that we do. Our core global real estate sector team comprises over 60 partners and includes global specialists in real estate M&A, real estate investment and development, tax, real estate funds, derivatives and structured finance and real estate disputes, ESG and planning.

Our commercial approach, global strength and co-ordination, product excellence and proven track record in executing complex and innovative transactions provide our clients with a competitive advantage.

Our recent highlights

  • Apollo:

advising as senior lender alongside Precis Capital Partners and Carlyle Group on a £310m development financing for Embassy Boulevard in the Nine Elms district in London.

advising on the Arcadia administration and ultimately advising on the appointment of KPMG as administrators to the property vehicle owning 314 Oxford Street, London (the Topshop Flagship).

advising in respect of Blackstone's £969m offer for the FTSE 250-listed GCP Student Living (which has subsequently been spun off into Blackstone’s UK student housing platform, iQ).

  • Allianz Real Estate: advising the co-lenders on a £397.1m development finance facility to BentallGreenOak in connection with the £1bn development of the UK’s largest all-electric net-zero carbon office scheme at 105 Victoria Street in central London.
  • Cale Street Partners: advising in relation to a £230m development financing provided to Shiva Hotels Group to fund the construction of a new 199-key luxury hotel in Marylebone, London.
  • M&G Investment Management Limited:

advising as arranger and CBRE Loan Services Limited as the agent and security agent in relation to the provision of loan financing of £353m to entities ultimately owned by Zeno Capital Limited in order to refinance existing indebtedness secured against Riverbank House, London and Sainsbury's Supermarket, Croydon.

advising as arranger and CBRE Loan Services Limited as the agent and security agent in relation to the provision of loan financing of £303.6m in order to finance the acquisition of One New Ludgate in London.

  • Sculptor: advising on the mezzanine development financing for two purpose-built student housing accommodation developments in Spain.
  • LaSalle Investment Management: advising the mezzanine lender on the restructuring and refinancing of a large UK shopping centre.
  • A sovereign fund: advising the junior lender in respect of a €385m mezzanine financing for the acquisition of a large portfolio of Spanish residential properties.
  • King Street Capital Management: advising on its acquisition of three portfolios of hotels in Portugal, its development financings for a retail park and office portfolio in Spain and the financing of its acquisition of two Dutch office portfolios.
  • Royal Bank of Canada: advising in respect of various financings, a senior/mezzanine financing provided to a large US sponsor in respect of the acquisition of a portfolio of Finnish residential assets and separately UK office and student accommodation.
  • Bank of America: advising in respect of a senior and mezzanine financing totally €320m, provided to a large US sponsor in respect of the acquisition of two large commercial real estate portfolios across Europe.

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