Overview
Neil is a Managing Associate in Linklaters' Real Estate Finance practice in London. He advises borrowers and lenders on a wide range of real estate finance transactions, including investment financings, development financings, and structured and securitised real estate lending. Neil has experience across multiple asset classes, including logistics, office, retail, and industrial. His transactions regularly span multiple jurisdictions, including England, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Jersey, Guernsey, Malaysia, and Switzerland. He acts on both the borrower and lender side.
Experience
- Acting for a leading international real estate investment manager in connection with a £281 million CMBS facility originated against a £400 million UK logistics portfolio. Notably, this represented the client's first ever CMBS transaction, marking a landmark moment in their financing strategy.
- Acting for a leading international bank as lender in connection with a €259.8 million CMBS facility secured against a portfolio of logistics assets across continental Europe.
- Acting for a leading Malaysian property developer as borrower in connection with a £500 million development facility to finance the landmark redevelopment of a major office building in the City of London, a £1.2 billion development project reported to be the client's largest ever UK investment.
- Acting for a leading real estate private equity firm as borrower in connection with a £48.2 million development facility to finance the construction of a new urban logistics scheme comprising 10 light industrial units in Bow, East London, structured through a Jersey unit trust.
- Acting for a pan-European real estate fund in connection with multi-tranche euro facilities of €115.8 million to finance the acquisition of logistics and industrial assets across continental Europe.
- Acting for a leading real estate debt fund in connection with a £171 million facility secured against a leading digital bank's new headquarters in Canary Wharf, structured as an ESG-linked facility.
- Acting for a leading Abu Dhabi-based bank as lender in connection with a CHF 104 million SARON-based term loan facility secured against one of Switzerland's premier retail destinations.
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