Herbert Smith Freehills LLP maintains an active real estate finance practice, with a steady stream of instructions in NPL financings, investment grade financings, restructurings and insolvencies. Practice head Simon Chadney continues to act for borrowers, lenders and other creditors on mainstream finance transactions, while fellow senior partner Gary Hommel specialises in complex development and investment financings. Chris Mann leads on senior and mezzanine transactions and development financings, as well as pan-European deals for both lenders and sponsors.

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Key clients

China Citic Bank
The British Land Company Plc
JP Morgan Asset Management
Deutsche Bank AG
Capital & Counties
Morgan Stanley
Cerberus
DekaBank
Societe Generale
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
BNPP
Ballymore
United Overseas Bank
Hammerson
Cain International
Brookfield
Starwood Property Trust Inc
Macquarie/John Laing
Nuveen Asset Management
Almacantar Limited

Work highlights

Lead counsel to Deutsche Bank on two acquisition and development financings totalling €270,000,000 for Sunrise/ARES JVs in France and the Netherlands to fund the acquisition (by way of corporate acquisitions) of a portfolio of logistics assets.
Advising the arranging banks on the £605,000,000 financing of LaSalle/National Pension Service of Korea's acquisition of 5 Broadgate in London.
Lead counsel to Deutsche Bank on the acquisition and development financing for Sunrise/ARES's acquisition of a logistics property in Sweden.