Annabel Ersser
Mayer Brown International LLPMayer Brown International LLP's cross-practice offering draws closely on the support of the firm’s banking and finance, real estate, and construction and engineering teams. The team is headed up by Andrew Hepner and David O’Connor. Hepner, who heads up the firm’s real estate practice, is experienced in advising alternative investment managers in relation to term loan facilities. O’Connor, a banking and finance specialist, regularly provides lenders in bank-funded real estate finance transactions. Charles Malpass, ‘a very experienced technician with a wealth of knowledge and experience’, advises alternative investment firms on various restructuring and acquisitions in Europe, while Annabel Ersser of the real estate team often supports Hepner on financing and refinancing term loan facilities.
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‘Charles Malpass stands out as a very experienced technician with a wealth of knowledge and experience which helps focus negotiations on the things that matter.’
Key clients
- Citibank N.A., London Branch and SMBC Bank International PLC
- Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP
- Ellington Management Group, LLC
- Emmatown Properties Limited
- Hang Seng Bank Limited
- Ho Bee Land
- Tribeca
- Sinarmas Land Limited
- Gaw Capital Partners
- Emmatown Properties Limited
Work highlights
- Represented Ellington Management Group in connection with the €682 million securitisation of reperforming first lien mortgages secured over Spanish residential properties.
- Acted for Cheyne, as lender and arranger, in relation to a £229 million facility made available toWolfe Commercial Propertiesin connection with the redevelopment of the former IBM headquarters at 76 Upper Ground on London’s Southbank.
- Acted for OSM Limitedin connection with the restructuring of mezzanine debt and refinancing of the £157.75 million senior debt (made available byNuveen Investment Management International Limited) in respect of Old Spitalfields Market, London.
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Andrew Hepner, David O’Connor