Tom Lloyd
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Client SatisfactionPraised for its ‘deep knowledge and expertise in structuring and financing’, the Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP real estate finance practice specialises in advising borrowers, including some of the world’s largest alternative asset managers. Tom Lloyd, a market-leader for borrower advice, is the key contact for Blackstone on various financing and refinancing transactions regarding European hotels, logistics facilities, and residential properties. James Esterkin is well-regarded for real estate acquisitions, development financing, and real estate-related debt restructuring. Edward Hampson’s practice is tailored to private equity and corporate clients regarding credit transactions, including a recent extension of an underlying loan in respect of a European CMBS.
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Testimonials
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‘Deep knowledge and expertise in structuring and financing documents across the real estate product, including distressed real estate, non-performing loans, etc.'
- 'Providing innovative structuring solutions. A commercial approach with capable of understanding and assessing risk.’
Key clients
- Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- Bain Capital Credit
- Blackstone Real Estate
- Boreal Investment Management
- Edyn Investments (Brookfield portfolio company)
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
- KSL Capital Partners
- Logicor
- Mark Capital Management
- Mileway
- TDR Capital
Work highlights
- Advising Blackstone on the 6.8 billion Danish krone (EUR 912 million) refinancing of Blackstone’s Danish residential platform, Kereby.
- Advising TDR Capital on the corporate reorganisation and related £638m senior/mezzanine refinancing of a sub-portfolio of 1,034 pubs owned and operated by Stonegate Group (the UK’s largest pub owner/operator), a portfolio company of TDR Capital.
- Advising Mileway and Blackstone on the combined €7bn refinancing of a pan-European portfolio of logistics properties.
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Tom Lloyd