Gabriel Estevez

Gabriel is a partner in the Banking & Finance team with a distinctively generalist practice specialising in private wealth, venture debt finance and real estate finance (investment and development). He also has extensive experience advising on sponsor/borrower-side leveraged acquisitions as well as receivables and asset backed finance transactions.

Gabriel's broad range of expertise means he has experience in acting for ultra high-net-worth clients and their family offices, start-ups, private equity houses, debt funds and alternative lenders in relation to a wide variety of banking and finance matters across multiple jurisdictions.

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Career

Since 2021	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2021	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2012 - 2015	Associate, Taylor Wessing

2010 - 2012	Associate, Slaughter and May
2008 - 2010	Trainee Solicitor, Slaughter and May

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Education

2010

Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales

Additional languages

English

Spanish

Expertise

Services and Groups Banking & finance Acquisition & leveraged finance Real estate finance

Sectors Technology, media & communications Private wealth Real estate Hotels, hospitality & leisure Banks Fintech Student accommodation Living

Experience

Accor on investment into AGO Hotels	We have advised Accor on their investment into the innovative AGO Hotels platform, including branding arrangements. AGO has secured an initial nine hotels from the Travelodge CVA which will be branded as Ibis budget hotels with the platform open for further hotels to join into 2021. As well as participating in this innovative vehicle alongside AGO management and the landlords, Accor has also committed seed funding to assist with the platform launch and to provide working capital.
McLaren Property on GBP175 million deal	McLaren Property on a GBP175 million forward funding with Brookfield's Student Roost. The funding will be used by McLaren to develop three new student accommdation schemes delivering a total of 1,387 beds to two prime, regional cities; Warwick and Brighton. The schemes will be delivered for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years, with two schemes in Warwick and one in Brighton.
McLaren Property on the multi-billion pound delivery of development projects since their inception in 2010	McLaren Property on their acquisitions and redevelopments since their inception in 2010. Whilst McLaren are active across multiple sectors, the bulk of the projects undertaken have been in the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and residential sectors. Taylor Wessing has advised on redevelopment projects undertaken both independently and in joint venture partnerships with sector specialists, with a current pipeline of development assets totalling GBP1.5bn.