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About
Christian specialises in domestic and international real estate finance transactions, with a particular focus on operational real estate (OPRE), and represents a wide range of clients including credit and special situation funds, senior and mezzanine lenders and sponsors.
His sector experience includes advising on investment and development transactions involving offices, residential (including private rented sector/build-to-rent), industrial, student accommodation and OPRE (including in the cold storage and hospitality and leisure sectors).
Christian also advises borrower and lender clients in fund finance transactions, particularly involving investor call bridge facilities.
Christian is a member of the Investment Property Forum.
Experience
- Advising Sadel Group on securing a £500m facility to refinance its cold storage business, Magnavale.
- Advising Supermarket Income REIT plc (SUPR) on a £100m unsecured term and revolving credit facilities agreement provided by ING Bank NV, London Branch.
- Advising Hartwood Collection on obtaining £85m in financing from OakNorth Bank plc to grow and develop its pubs and restaurants business.
- Advising a leading cold storage facility owner and operator as borrower on c.£180m senior and c.£105m mezzanine facilities to finance the development of a number of cold storage facilities in the UK.
- A London based private asset management firm as lender on a c.£43m mezzanine facility to finance the acquisition of a site in the Midlands for mixed-use development.
- An international asset manager as borrower on the c.£64m refinancing of a 1,000 bed+ student accommodation project in Birmingham.
- A private equity special opportunities fund as borrower on a c.€85m facility to finance the acquisition and development of a portfolio of hotel sites in Germany.
- A UK-based buyout fund as borrower on a c.£255m senior secured capital call bridge facility.
- A multinational banking and financial services institution as lender on a c.£100m senior secured capital call bridge facility.