Mr Kumar Tewari > Katten > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Kumar Tewari
Work Department
Private Credit
Position
Kumar leads the Banking team in the London office. He has spent almost two decades practicing as a debt finance lawyer, including nearly 10 years working directly in the banking industry as the head of the legal department, and also in a commercial role as director, at Lloyds Banking Group plc in London. Today, he draws on that vast experience by advising a range of clients on a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border debt-finance matters.
Kumar represents global banks, alternative/direct lenders, investors and sponsors across different levels of the debt capital stack, particularly on senior/mezzanine loan structures, which involve complex intercreditor arrangements. He regularly advises on cross-border private credit transactions, often involving structured (leveraged) or general corporate lending, as well as traditional secured asset classes such as real estate or aircraft financing and leasing. He is widely respected in the UK as a leading attorney on such transactions, having helped establish the LMA Intercreditor Agreement for real estate finance transactions in 2014. His experience of working on complex intercreditor arrangements also includes advising on stretched-senior, senior-secured second lien and secured mezzanine/subordinated notes. He also advises on unitranche, synthetic mezzanine loans and preferred equity arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
Katten has developed a strong reputation supporting third-party loan servicing and credit asset management firms. Kumar Tewari is an ‘exceptional individual‘ to note in the lower mid-market commercial real estate finance space, and he routinely advises on cross-border loan debt and bond structures involving complex, or bespoke intercreditor arrangements.