The real estate finance team at Baker McKenzie advises on financing work concerning a diverse range of logistics and hospitality assets. Practice head Sebastien Marcelin-Rice regularly handles lender-side mandates, advising on portfolio refinancings in the hotel sector with significant cross-border aspects. Oliver Jefferies frequently acts for real estate developers, investors, and asset managers concerning acquisitions in Europe and the Middle East. In August 2023, Luke Murphy joined the firm from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Murphy recently led the refinancing of an acquisition of a UK logistics portfolio.
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Key clients
- A.S.K. Partners Limited
- Aldar Investment Properties LLC
- Alliance Bernstein
- Baring Asset Management Limited
- Davidson Kempner European Partners
- Edwardian Group Limited
- GWM Asset Management
- HIG Europe Realty Holdings II L.P.
- ICG
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Comp
- Mizuho Bank Ltd
- Ninety Once Capital
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Standard Chartered Bank
- TCI (The Children Investment Fund)
- Tyrus Capital
Work highlights
- Advised on funding arrangements in respect of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation's various projects to finance and develop data centers in the Netherlands.
- Acted on two related senior financings made available to the Statuto group in relation to the acquisition of the Six Senses Hotel in Rome and refinancing of the Four Seasons Hotel in Milan.
- Advising on the refinancing of Westbrook Partners acquisition of a UK logistics portfolio.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sébastien Marcelin-Rice