Banking, Real Estate Finance

Steve specialises in real estate finance transactions of all kinds, with a particular emphasis on more structured and/or distressed transactions. He has extensive experience of advising on multi-disciplinary and cross-border real estate finance transactions in the most demanding circumstances. Selected relevant experience relevant to the leisure sector includes advising:

the senior lenders on the restructuring of the Arora Airport Hotel portfolio the senior lenders on the restructuring of debt secured on a portfolio of UK Hilton Hotels the senior lenders on the restructuring of a portfolio of Travelodge Hotels the sponsor on the refinancing of the Lanesborough Hotel the mezzanine lenders on the refinancing of a series of European hotels held by a pre-eminent private equity firm.

1998 Professional Institute of Legal Studies, Professional Qualification1998 Victoria University of Wellington, Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours)1995 Victoria University of Wellington, B.A.