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Louis Dewfall

Louis Dewfall

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Louis is a Partner in the Banking and Finance group, specialising in real estate finance. Louis advises banks, debt funds and private equity sponsors on a range of asset classes and structures in the UK and across Europe. He has experience of acting for lenders and sponsors across the capital structure and full spectrum of real estate sectors, including student accommodation, logistics, the private rented sector, hotels, retail schemes and large-scale developments.  

Louis has particularly strong experience in cross-border financings having spent a year on secondment with a real estate debt fund. Louis has advised on transactions across Europe, including Ireland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Finland and Denmark.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Banking & finance
Acquisition & leveraged finance
Real estate finance
Project finance
Financial restructuring for corporates

CV

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 Solicitor, TLT
2013 - 2015 Trainee Solicitor, TLT
2015 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2011 LPC, BPP Law School, Bristol
2010 LLB, University of Bristol

Career

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 Solicitor, TLT
2013 - 2015 Trainee Solicitor, TLT

Education

2015 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2011 LPC, BPP Law School, Bristol
2010 LLB, University of Bristol

Experience

BentallGreenOak on the acquisition of prime logistics portfolio

We have advised BentallGreenOak on the acquisition of a seven-asset strong logistics portfolio from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The platform includes seven logistics assets, totalling 2.18m sq ft. Over 80% of the portfolio is let to tenants such as Sainsburys, British Gas, DSV and Clipper on core logistics parks including Magna Park, Lutterworth, D.I.R.F.T, Hams Hall and Warth Park.

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Christopher Turley
Edward Manser
Georgina Watt
Louis Dewfall

Deutsche Bank Commercial Real Estate Group on its first SONIA loan

Deutsche Bank Commercial Real Estate Group on its first Sterling Over Night Index Average (SONIA) benchmark based loan. This marks not only Deutsche Bank's first alternative rate loan, but also one of the first adoptions of a loan referencing an average of overnight SONIA in the entire market. The benchmark was used an alternative to London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The loan references a compounded average of SONIA set in arrears with a five business day lag.

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Jonathan Marks
Rhys Bufton
Louis Dewfall
Daniel O'Brien

Phoenix UK on the purchase and restructuring of distressed debt and an equity investment

Acting for Phoenix UK Fund Limited in relation to the purchase and restructuring of distressed debt (originally provided to the Stanley Gibbons Group by a UK bank) and its associated equity investment into Stanley Gibbons plc, the specialist retailer of collectable postage stamps and similar products, and on the purchase of certain assets out of administration.

Fiona Coady
Louis Dewfall

A joint venture between two large German real estate companies on a EUR83m facility agreement

A joint venture between two large German real estate companies on a EUR83m facility agreement to refinance a portfolio of offices located across the Netherlands.

Jonathan Marks
Fiona Coady
Louis Dewfall
Andrei Babiy

A German real estate fund owned by a high net worth individual on a variety of financings totalling almost EUR400 million

A real estate fund owned by a high net worth individual on a GBP180 million senior and mezzanine facility provided by an investment bank to assist with the acquisition of a portfolio of hotels located around the UK. In addition, the team has advised on a GBP130 million facility arranged by an investment bank in connection with the acquisition of a group of companies (incorporated in England and Gibraltar) which own a portfolio of 26 hotels throughout the UK and on the EUR80 million facility arranged secured against an office building in Germany. The three deals together bring the total loan values to circa EUR400 million.

Jonathan Marks
Matthew Sherr
Louis Dewfall

The lender on a GBP55m loan facility to GCP Student

The lender on a GBP55m loan facility to GCP Student, the first UK student accommodation REIT listed on the LSE, for forward funding of the development of a 555-bed purpose built student accommodation in Brighton.

Heather Buttle
Louis Dewfall
Rhys Bufton

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Advising APCO Worldwide as it pushes into financial communications with Camarco purchase

19 April 2023

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Wells Fargo completes sustainability-linked £350 million debt facility with AIPUT

18 October 2022

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Advising BentallGreenOak on seven asset portfolio of prime logistics assets

5 March 2021

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