Nick Strutt is the lead partner at Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s debt finance group, where he continues to be the counsel of choice for banks, funds, developers and investors on all aspects of investment, development and structured financings. The firm is also noted for its expertise in the student accommodation and housebuilding sectors. Raji Bartlett and Sarah Spurling are trusted counsel to borrowers and lenders in relation to syndicated and development finance.

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  • 'Sarah is very good at understanding the delicate nuances of her client's and their partner's needs, and is able to balance her role as an advisor and a facilitator, accordingly. She possesses a very strong and deep knowledge of her field of practice (as expected of course) but she complements this very well with her comprehensive understanding of her client's business practice and commercial interests.'
  • 'Excellent from top to bottom.'

Key clients

  • Brookfield Asset Management
  • A.S.K. Partners Agent Limited
  • Helical
  • PGIM Real Estate
  • Taurus Investment Holdings
  • Ali Ansari
  • Multipoint Holdings Limited
  • Coronado Funding Limited
  • Agf Insurance Limited

Work highlights

  • Advising Brookfield Asset Management on financing for the acquisition of a £180m UK logistics portfolio in a joint venture with Copley Point Capital.
  • Acting for ASK and OakNorth Bank plc on a £44.5m development and acquisition loan to privately owned property development company Sheen Lane Developments, to fund the acquisition and refurbishment of a former department store.
  • Advising on financing aspects of a £17,950,000 loan from Ingenious secured on land at Upper Trinity Street, Digbeth in a joint venture between Taurus Investment Holdings and Cole Waterhouse.  Upper Trinity Street (UTS) at Digbeth is a £260 million mixed-use scheme which will deliver 943 new homes and a new public park for Birmingham.

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Mishcon de Reya LLP
Nick is a Partner and Head of the Real Estate Finance Group. He has extensive experience advising financial institutions, funds, developers and investors on all aspects of real estate finance transactions, including on investment, development and structured financings (with senior mezzanine debt). He acts on both the lender and sponsor side, and also has considerable experience of acting on restructuring and enforcements. Recent matters include advising a well-known developer on its financing of a large mixed-use development at Paddington, representing a consortium of lenders on the refinancing of a portfolio of UK shopping centres, acting for a state-owned bank on the receivership of a large London mixed-use development, and advising a consortium on their equity bridge facilities relating to the securitisation of properties held by a national supermarket.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nick Strutt

Other key lawyers

Raji Bartlett, Sarah Spurling