Gareth McCarter

Gareth is a senior counsel in the Banking & Finance group. He specialises in complex and highly structured financings of commercial real estate acquisitions and developments internationally, representing UK, European and US financial institutions, insurers and debt funds as well as investors and sponsors.

Gareth has a particular focus on the hotels sector, the financing of international real estate assets, senior/mezzanine structures and preferred equity lending. During his career, Gareth has spent time on secondment with GE Capital and Federated Hermes.

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Karriere

Since 2022	Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2017 - 2022	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2012 - 2017	Associate, Taylor Wessing

2010 - 2012

Trainee Solicitor, Taylor Wessing

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Ausbildung

2012	Admitted as a lawyer, England, Wales
2010	Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, BPP Law School
2009	Graduate Diploma in Law, The College of Law

2008

MA Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge

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Fremdsprachen

English

German

French

Expertise

Branchen Financial Institutions & Insurance Immobilien Hotels & Leisure Logistik & Transport Consumer Goods & Retail Studentisches Wohnen Living

Referenzen

Debt Fund	Acting for a real estate debt fund in relation to mezzanine facilities totalling c.€119 million for the purpose of funding multiple logistics developments throughout Italy.
US insurance company	Acting for a US insurance company in relation to the €80 million refinancing of 36 Dutch commercial properties.
Japanese Financial Institution	Acting for a Japanese financial institution in relation to the refinancing of a prime central London property portfolio worth c.£530 million.

Arcadia	Acting on the restructuring and CVA of the Arcadia group (including Top Shop, Top Man and Miss Selfridge).
Helaba	Acting for a syndicate formed of Helaba, SMBC and ICBC in relation to the £292.5 million refinancing of MediaCity UK (which includes the BBC's Salford Quays site).
Crimson Hotels	Advising longstanding client Crimson Hotels on the refinancing of 100 Queen’s Gate Hotel, Kensington with a syndicate of new lenders, comprised of Clydesdale and Bank Leumi.