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.
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.
Press releaseDeutsche 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.
Press releaseActing 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.
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.
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.
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.
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作者 Giles Crown 以及 Louise Popple
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作者 Carmen Redmann-Wippel 以及 Eda Koc