Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Real Estate Finance

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Daniyal is a member of the Real Estate Finance team, based in London. He acts across the full spectrum of real estate financing transactions for both lenders and borrowers and has deep expertise in both domestic and pan-European deals.

Daniyal has over 20 years of experience as a finance lawyer in leading firms the London market and has experience of a broad variety of financings including LBOs, project finance, borrowing base facilities, consensual debt restructurings and receivables financings and of course real estate finance where he has over the years been involved in many well know transactions such as the take private of Debenhams in 2002, Lehman’s acquisition and restructuring of the Meridien Hotels group in the mid noughties and the various phases of financing relating to the construction of the Shard at London Bridge in 2008. In 2005/6 Daniyal was seconded to the structured real estate capital team of ABN AMRO where he transacted pan-European loans and the related Talisman CMBS conduit.

Daniyal combines his financing expertise with a detailed understanding of different real estate asset classes including BTR, residential, PBSA, cold storage, logistics, retail, leisure, science parks, regeneration and hotels to provide pragmatic and commercial advice to his clients. Daniyal is well known for his experience in development finance and complex real estate financing structures. Daniyal has acted for a wide range of market participants including private equity houses, private investors, banks, debt funds and developers.

Capabilities Banking & Financial Services Real Estate Finance

Admission to Practice England and Wales

English

LL.M., St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge LL.B., University of Exeter/UK