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Bevan Brittan LLP Offices

Bevan Brittan LLP
FLEET PLACE HOUSE
2 FLEET PLACE, HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC4M 7RF
England
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Louise Leaver

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Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Louise is a specialist housing finance lawyer and is recognised for providing commercial and pragmatic advice to clients. She has been acting for borrowers and lenders for over 20 years, and represents a broad range of clients including corporate borrowers, registered providers, charitable entities, property developers, banks and institutional investors.

She has experience advising on all types of loan agreements, security documentation, intercreditor and security trust arrangements, swap transactions and capital market issues. Louise specialises in supporting and advising clients in the social housing sector to raise funds, whether through short-term revolving credit facilities or longer-term private placements and bond issuance. She also advises on development finance, acquisition finance, off-balance sheet delivery models, joint venture arrangements and restructurings. She used her experience acting for borrowers and lenders to evolve and document new funding structures.

Recent Experience

o Advising a leading housing association on the first unsecured revolving credit facility in the social housing sector.
o Lead lawyer advising a large London housing association on their debut US private placement with a novel mix of secured and unsecured tranches.
o Acting for institutional investors in relation to over £1billion of private placements.
o Supporting a large housing association through a £250m bond issuance, merger and subsequent group restructure and related refinancing.
o Lead lawyer advising a large G15 housing association on structuring their PRS portfolio and accessing funding through the PRS Government Guarantee scheme.
o Advising a G15 housing association on their role in a large regeneration project structured through a contractual joint venture with a nationwide developer.

Career

Trained Clifford Chance; qualified 1998; Associate Clifford Chance 1998-2002; Associate Clifford Chance, Amsterdam 2002-04; Senior Associate Clifford Chance 2005-10; Partner Winckworth Sherwood 2010-2020; Partner Bevan Brittan 2020-to date.

Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales

Education

East Anglia University

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Social housing: finance

(Hall of Fame)

Louise Leaver – Bevan Brittan LLP

Bevan Brittan LLP’s housing team is well regarded for its expertise in transactions surrounding private placements, bank lending, derivatives, structured finance, and securitisations. Advice on new loans and existing facilities, refinancings, and joint venture arrangements are also a key area for the practice, and the group is active in assisting with the funding of local authorities investing and lending into housing. Louise Leaver chairs the department with expertise in representing both lenders and borrowers, and is ably supported by Sarah Greenhalgh, who handles mergers and general governance work, and Wendy Wilks and Jessica Church, who advises registered providers on the security elements of their finance projects. The group has undergone expansion with the addition of Katie Dyer from Trowers & Hamlins LLP and Rose Klemperer from Devonshires Solicitors LLP at the beginning of 2024.

London > Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers

Bevan Brittan LLP is sought after by housing associations, local authorities, developers, and funders, and the group’s offering includes advice on the full gamut of property and development mandates, from land acquisition and plot sales, to complex joint ventures and property development schemes, as well as mergers and building safety matters. The department is jointly led by Andrew Shaw, who is skilled in housing development and regeneration work, Louise Leaver with expertise in secured and unsecured loans, and Wendy Wilks, who is experienced in property development and mergers. Fiona McDonald is another name of note in the development acquisition space, and Katie Dyer joined the team from Trowers & Hamlins LLP in January 2024.

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