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DLA Piper

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The Leeds-based banking and finance team at DLA Piper is particularly well regarded for its ‘extremely strong understand of real estate finance’. Kirstie Allerton and Sarah Day jointly head up the practice, with expertise in complex, often cross-border transactions for banks. Additionally, the department fields a dedicated energy and infrastructure project finance team. The team has recently seen an increasing focus on green and sustainable finance work, headed up by legal directors Robert Cockburn and Laura Gordon.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘They manage the cases well with clear deadlines and overcome obstacles efficiently and pragmatically.’

  • ‘The team provides a broad range of support on the property and banking side. Always conscious of fees and they manage to balance an efficient service with protecting the client at all times with a commerciality that borrowers, and their lawyers, appreciate.’

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Key clients

  • Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
  • Rabobank

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Work highlights

  • Advised Aviva Investors on a £48m sustainable green debt facility (which incorporated a £150m accordion element) to various subsidiaries of Urban Logistics REIT.
  • Advising Rabobank, as lender, on the long-term financing for the development, construction and operation of a solar park in England and an onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland.

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