Fielding a strong team with multiple experienced partners, Simmons & Simmons is equipped to handle a considerable volume of work for lenders and borrowers, both in the UK and Europe. Practice head Mark Waghorn is a banking specialist who regularly advises on real estate restructuring and insolvency matters. Helen Hagan, ‘a real stand-out practitioner’, advises on investment and development deals. Kamal Arulvel specialises in loan-on-loan and warehouse loan financings. James Taylor, ’approachable, practical and commercial’, is an expert in restructuring real estate assets.
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Testimonials
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‘A very well-organised and coherent team’
‘Great team, really good at getting a deal closed and managing transactions.’
‘Helen Hagan is a real stand-out practitioner.’
‘Very responsive and reliable and able to handle large portfolio deals as well as acting on smaller more asset management type workstreams.'
‘Helen Hagan is always reliable and ready to jump on a call when needed.’
‘Strength and depth in knowledge and the team has a deep bench. More importantly, the ability to work from a commercial and solution orientated perspective. ’
‘James Taylor is a stand-out finance partner. Very hands on, excellent technical knowledge, approachable, practical and commercial. You are safe in the knowledge that he has covered all the issues.’
Key clients
- Valor Real Estate Partners LLP
- Société Générale
- NatWest Group PLC
- Nuveen European Real Estate Debt Fund IV
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
- CBRE Global Investors (UK) Limited
- Sinarmas Land Limited
- M7 Real Estate Group Holdings Ltd
- Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America
- Intu Properties Plc (in administration)
- Investec
- UBS AG
- Starz Real Estate
- DekaBank Girozentrale
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Practice head
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Mark Waghorn