Taylor Wessing LLP‘s group acts on senior, mezzanine and preferred equity lending across the spectrum of real estate assets. Martin Yells is a well-known advisor in debt funding for private equity sponsor backed borrowers and asset backed financings. Heather Buttle continues to be involved in development transactions within the care home, student accommodation and the professional rented sectors. Debt financing partner Jonathan Marks, and Edward Manser, are other key figures.
Testimonials
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‘Experience over a long track record and able to call on this to provide advice on specific negotiation points, especially where "market standard" is being debated. Flexibility on fee discussions and dealing with cost-conscious clients.'
‘Worked with Ed Manser for multiple transactions and given the experience, each deal becomes quicker as many issues were discussed before or could be discussed with reference to precedent transactions, resulting in increased confidence, familiarity and speedier outcomes.’
‘The main real estate partner we instruct is always available when needed. Stays actively involved in transactions.’
Key clients
- Wells Fargo Bank
- SIR Theme Parks Limited
- Hotel owning entity
- Precede Capital Partners
- Cain International
- Federated Hermes, Inc.
- Deutsche Bank
- Tristan Capital Partners
- 1Box Holdings BV
- PGIM
Work highlights
- Advised Wells Fargo in its arrangement and underwriting of a £350m debt facility for abrdn-managed AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust).
- Acted for Precede Capital Partners on a £227,700,000 facility agreement provided by Precede and Nomura to Downing to finance the development of three towers located in Manchester, constituting 1,790 individual and multifamily units. The transaction was made more complex by a Guernsey limited partnership and unit trust structure.
- Advised Tristan Capital Partners on a €59,250,000 facility to Anacap Financial Partners to finance the acquisition of South Station, a freehold office asset located in Massy, Paris. The transaction was made more complex as the financing was structured by way of on lending the funds from a Lux Holdco to the French Propco by way of a back-to-back French law, French language loan.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin Yells, Heather Buttle, Jonathan Marks