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Real Estate Finance

Maples Teesdale LLP

London, England
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Our clients include leading banks and financial institutions, challenger banks, alternative debt providers and specialist real estate lenders as well as institutional investors, asset managers, family offices, privately owned commercial real estate companies and commercial and residential developers.

We have a dedicated team of real estate finance lawyers that has wide ranging experience in this field. We advise on transactions across the capital stack on real estate investment and development from deal structuring through to execution. The team is adept at handling complex transactions for both lenders and borrowers, covering the full range of real estate sectors, giving us a deep understanding of the legal and commercial issues across the real estate funding market.

The team has close and trusted working relationships with senior debt providers, alternative debt providers and equity funders enabling us to make introductions to our borrower clients and prospective clients who are looking for finance for real estate transactions.

We advise on:

  • Senior debt, stretched senior debt, mezzanine debt and preferred equity loan arrangements
  • Joint venture financing
  • Intercreditor, priority and subordination issues
  • Security and guarantees

Testimonials

Legal 500 2023

  • Katherine Garner and Zoe Miller are excellent. Friendly, direct, efficient and able to find solutions to complex property lending issues within a short period of time. They provided a full set of excellent loan documentation within a day with security the following day.’ Legal 500 2023
  • ‘The Maples Teesdale team is efficient and communicative – even in the course of busy transactions, they are focused on ensuring that their services and advice are presented in a clear and concise fashion. As a client, it makes it very easy to work with the team.’ Legal 500 2023
  • ‘The team will respond promptly to any new request for work and their communication is clear and straightforward. All important matters are address head-on and with a mind-set to resolve them commercially.’ Legal 500 2023
  • ‘The team from partner to junior all know the latest market practice and are able to implement it. They raise good questions and find resolutions.’ Legal 500 2023
  • ‘The team is diverse, friendly and efficient. The banking and property teams are one and the same. They all have the same expertise; you do not waste time trying to facilitate communication between teams.’ Legal 500 2023

Whitepapers and Articles

Maples Teesdale appoints Zoe Miller as new Head of Real Estate Finance

Zoe Miller to lead all-female team at the UK’s leading specialist real estate law firm

Maples Teesdale, the UK’s leading full-service real estate law firm, today announces that Zoe Miller will become its new Head of Real Estate Finance. Zoe will begin her new role on 1 April, as a partner at the firm and leading an all-female team of Associates Megan Newnham and Katherine Garner as well as a wider supporting team on development finance and commercial real estate.

Zoe has a wealth of experience acting for both funders and borrowers where she has advised on more than £500m of domestic and international real estate finance transactions covering asset classes including office, retail, residential, hotels, care homes, student accommodation and shopping centres.

Zoe joined Maples Teesdale as a Senior Associate in 2019, before becoming Of Counsel in 2022. Maples Teesdale represents some of the UK’s biggest property companies, funds and financial institutions including Pictet Alternative Advisors, Lloyds Banking Group, Maslow Capital, Patrizia, Investec and Tristan Capital.

Zoe Miller, Head of Real Estate Finance at Maples Teesdale commented: “I’m excited to be taking up this new role at an important time for us and our clients, as we help them to navigate funding pressures and market volatility to achieve valuable results.

“As we celebrate International Womens’ Day, I’m especially proud to be leading an excellent all-female team, and I look forward to working closely with Megan and Katherine as we continue to deliver exemplary advice and counsel”.

Megan Newnham acts for borrowers and lenders on acquisition and development finance transactions. Megan originally joined Maples Teesdale in 2018 as a trainee and advises lenders and borrowers on a wide range of real estate finance transactions covering all asset classes.

Katherine Garner has been promoted to Associate, having joined as a trainee solicitor in 2021.