Simon Tweedle
DentonsLed by James Irvine and Simon Tweedle, the ‘responsive, pragmatic and experienced’ practice at Dentons regularly advises international clients on cross-border financing and refinancing deals concerning offices, hotels, and build-to-rent developments. Irvine often handles financings and restructurings, while Tweedle – described by clients as ’a pleasure to deal with, responsive, pragmatic and experienced’ – recently advised a European residential real estate company on English sustainability-linked financing legislation. Simon Masri regularly advises banks, real estate developers, and investment managers on cross-border refinancing transactions. Other key figures include Jason Sheard, who advises on commercial terms for sales and purchases in leisure sector.
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Testimonials
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‘The Dentons team is accessible, knowledgeable, problem-solving, responsive, and take into account the commercial needs of each client.'
- ‘The Dentons team are willing to learn about each client's business and commercial requirements for each deal so that they can offer practical and commercially sound advice, solutions, and risk analysis.’
‘Great team - the deal team and partners value their advice, and they are very client friendly.’
‘Simon Tweedle is a pleasure to deal with, responsive, pragmatic and experienced.’
‘I find the whole team easily accessible, easy to deal with and down to earth. Always an easy choice for our legal work and have never lets us down.’
Key clients
- Aprirose
- Arora Group
- Chenavari Investment Managers and its funding entity (AREO Sarl)
- Cheyne Capital
- DBS Bank
- Delin Properties
- Fiera
- Harrison Street Real Estate Capital
- Heimstaden Czech Sro
- Heitman
- Ho Be Land
- InfraRed Capital Partners
- Mayfair Capital / Swiss Life
- McArthurGlen
- OCBC
- Patrizia AG
- Raven Property Group
- United Overseas Bank
- Vengrove
Work highlights
- Advising Heimstaden Bostad, a leading European residential real estate company, on the English law aspects of securing EUR 700,000,000 of sustainability-linked financing, via various Czech subsidiaries.
- Acted on a £376,000,000 cross-border refinancing transaction for the borrower in relation to a substantial City of London office asset.
- Advising HSBC and OakNorth on £232 million of facilities to Splendid Hospitality Group.
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James Irvine, Simon Tweedle