Real Estate Finance
Getting the money
What is involved?
Our Real Estate Finance team couples industry expertise with thoroughness and a commitment to excellent service. You can rely on us to use our technical expertise and pragmatism to find the best solution for you.
Whether it’s straight forward asset backed finance or more unconventional structures, there is not much our (mainly ex-City) team don’t have experience of. Investment loans, development facilities, grant funding, portfolio funding, profit share arrangements, restructuring and enforcement, syndicated debt and tax based structured finance. We deal with all of these and more on a day-to-day basis for all types of companies.
Why choose Freeths?
- Our experienced Real Estate lawyers can be relied upon to be responsive, prompt and available 24/7
- We work with lenders and borrowers across the UK and advise on multi-million pound arrangements daily – industry expertise at your fingertips
- We recognise that financing and refinancing can be very time sensitive and are well used to working in incredibly tight time frames
Call our Real Estate Finance lawyers now to discuss how we can help you.
Our talented team is well balanced between acting for borrower, investment and development companies, and lender clients across the country. Freeths have a nationally renowned Real Estate team, which when combined with our esteemed Real Estate Finance team results in top quality legal and financial advice. You can relax in the knowledge that we have extensive experience within all areas of commercial property.
We regularly advise on debt finance for the healthcare and student accommodation sectors, as well as mixed use and residential development schemes. We also often advise mezzanine and other specialist lenders from the non-bank sector.
Our other services include:
Key contacts
Richard Williams
Partner
Andrew Nichol
Managing Partner - Liverpool
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Real Estate Finance Lawyers
Chris Freeston
Managing Partner
0345 634 1725
Andrew Nichol
Managing Partner
0345 166 6316
Simon Abbott
Partner
0345 272 5734
Patrick Adie
Partner
0345 050 3273
Mohammed Alam
Partner
0345 340 4215
Paul Bibby
Partner
0345 274 6840
Lucy Bradban
Partner
0345 126 3494
Shashi Chambers
Partner
0345 271 6770
Thomas Golding
Partner
0345 050 3647
Katie Hillier
Partner
0345 073 8551
Balvinder Jaj
Partner
0186 578 1063
Benjamin Jones
Partner
0345 274 6920
Clive Pearce
Partner
0345 128 6990
Isobel Radford
Partner
0345 050 3610
Gillian Roberts
Partner
0345 050 3611
Ian Rowson
Partner
0345 050 3627
Harjit Saund
Partner
0345 272 5736
Emna Sfar-Gandoura
Partner
0345 274 6917
Jon Smart
Partner
0345 050 3650
Paul Thorogood
Partner
0345 274 6820
Patrick Whetter
Partner
0186 578 1145
Richard Williams
Partner
0345 030 5737
Mark Alexander
Director
0345 634 2562
Laura Brown
Director
0186 578 1060
Ben Gant
Director
0345 077 9654
Helen Jones
Director
0345 274 6912
Emilie Criddle
Managing Associate
0345 126 3749
Nikki Guest
Managing Associate
0345 009 8389
Coralie McKeivor
Managing Associate
0345 126 4384
Tristan Milner
Managing Associate
0345 030 5803
Andrew Rathi
Managing Associate
0345 274 6923
Emma Tringham
Managing Associate
0345 077 9608
Ben Cox
Senior Associate
0345 030 5641
Chloe Frances
Senior Associate
0345 272 5708
Fiona Harrison
Senior Associate
0345 271 6727
Veena Velani
Senior Associate
0345 073 8582
Amy Weir
Senior Associate
0345 404 1725
Nicole Hendy
Associate
0345 404 4123
Raman Virk
Associate
0345 274 6889
The Return of the Freeths Real Estate Law Blog
Articles 5th Jun 2019Freeths Derby grows property team
News 15th Jan 2018- Advising the issuer on a £100 million mortgage bond issue secured against a portfolio of commercial properties.
- Acting for Waterfield group on its £30 million plus refinancing and new facilities for all group entities to support a portfolio of circa £100 million.
- Development funding for three new GP surgeries with community facilities. This involved complicated land assembly and security arrangements, pre-lets to GP surgeries, NHS, Pharmacies and local business, interplay with grant funding.
- Acting for a student accommodation developer and operator on total loans in excess of £100 million including both development and investment facilities.
- Acting for the lender on a £150 million debt portfolio secured against a mixture of investment and development properties and the subsequent restructuring of the same.
- Acting for the developer on a £100 million funding and profit share arrangement with a leading property plc (included a mezzanine facility for the development of multiple projects).
- Advising on the joint venture of two long standing clients on the legal aspects of the acquisition of a business park in Nottingham.
- Advising a fund in relation to its mezzanine loan facilities secured against UK real estate, total loan amounts ranging between £40 million and £75 million.
- Acting for a Middle-Eastern investor on the funding (and related purchase) of 11 off-plan luxury apartments in central London, with a total value of over £20 million.
- Led the real estate advice to a client on the sale of a portfolio of 23 UK-wide residential and nursing care properties to a US REIT in a £75.8 million sale and leaseback arrangement.
- Advising a property developer in connection with a £21.5 million Sharia compliant development loan facility to refinance the acquisition and fund the development of a mixed use site in South London.
Client service
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Contact: 03301 001 014