England - London • Real estate
Slaughter and May
Matthew Tobin heads the real estate and sustainable finance practice at Slaughter and May, where he is highly recommended on general corporate financing, including both debt capital markets and bank financing, for borrower clients, acquisition and bid financing, capital markets and securitisation transactions. Ed Fife and Caroline Phillips are the other key banking partners.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The team retain knowledge very well even though associates rotate on a regular basis. Drafting of documents is very good first time round. Good ability to condense complex concepts in to "plain English" and well versed with market developments.'
- 'The team's unfailing grasp of the commercial issues, and technical construction and design challenges, and detail, was extremely impressive.'
Key clients
- Barratt Developments
- Derwent London
- Dobbies Garden Centres
- Fattal Hotels
- Halsbury Homes
- Landsec
- SEGRO plc
- Unite Group
- Everton
Work highlights
- Advised Barratt Developments plc on the refinancing of the group’s RCF. We also assisted Barratt Developments on its acquisition of Gladman Developments Limited for a total cash consideration of £250m on a debt free and cash free basis.
- Advised Marshalls plc, the UK’s leading hard landscaping, building and roofing products supplier, on the Class 1 acquisition of private equity-owned Marley Group plc for £535 million, financed by an acquisition facility and an equity raise.
- Advised Land Securities Plc with the update of their commercial paper programme, primarily to facilitate a change in the Agent from HSBC to Deutsche Bank, as well as Land Securities Capital Markets Plc (the issuance vehicle of Land Securities Group PLC) on the issuance of its inaugural £400 million green bond.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Tobin