Led by social housing finance specialist Adrian Carter, the team at Trowers & Hamlins LLP is lauded by one client as ‘a highly professional and friendly team who provide a responsive and focused service when dealing with complex matters’. Eddie O’Hanrahan is particularly experienced in development finance and logistics, while Katharine Lewis often advises on facility agreements and loan amendments. Other key figures include Helen Fysh, who regularly advises banks and private equity investors on inbound real estate investments into the UK.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Trowers & Hamlins are a highly professional and friendly team who provide a responsive and focused service when dealing with complex matters. They take a pragmatic approach and always provide reliable advice and guidance.'

  • ‘Eddie O'Hanrahan and his team offer excellent support and are extremely knowledge in their field. They are always very prompt in responding to our requests for assistance.’

Key clients

  • Affordable Housing & Healthcare Group
  • Apache Capital Partners
  • Arbuthnot Latham
  • Audley Group
  • Balfron Tower Residential Limited
  • British Arab Commercial Bank Plc
  • CapitalRise Finance Limited
  • Cert Property Group Limited
  • CIMB Bank Berhad
  • Cornerstone Healthcare Group Limited
  • Coutts & Co
  • Eco World
  • Europe Arab Bank
  • Exeter Finance
  • Global Net Lease Inc.
  • HBA KAAS CRE1 Limited
  • Hilco Real Estate Finance UK Ltd
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Man Group
  • Maslow Capital
  • MPH Ancoats Limited
  • NatWest
  • NEC PropCo Limited
  • Newcross Healthcare Solutions
  • Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (London Branch) (Nord/LB)
  • Peabody Trust
  • QIB (UK) Plc
  • Quantum Development Finance Ltd
  • Senior Living Investment Partnership (SLIP) and Audley Group
  • Shawbrook Bank Limited
  • Swanton Care & Community Limited
  • Third.i Group
  • Urban Logistics REIT PLC
  • Vistry (Galliford Try PLC)
  • Volume Property Limited
  • Willow AssetCo Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised Great Charles Street Property Company Limited on the terms of a £188,100,000 facility agreement from QR TSO 1 Lendco Limited.
  • Advised Nord/LB in connection with a £28,900,000 loan to Aurus (HAT) Limited to assist with funding the acquisition of a portfolio of 7 properties (the Properties), with a view to providing rental accommodation across 138 housing units.
  • Advised Willow AssetCo Limited in connection with a £40,000,000 refinance, acquisition and capex facility as provided by Starz Real Estate, acting through Starz Zenith Capital Ltd, SRC Copernicus Ltd and Oxane Partners Limited.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Adrian Carter

Other key lawyers

Eddie O’Hanrahan, Katharine Lewis, Helen Fysh