Laura Bretherton Partner

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Laura advises sponsor, lender and borrower clients on a range of real estate finance transactions, with a particular focus on commercial investment and development financings.

Her sector experience includes build-to-rent (BTR) and private rented sector (PRS), offices, industrial, student accommodation, and hospitality and leisure – with a focus on hotels.

In addition she increasingly assists clients with sustainability and ESG-linked lending in real estate transactions.

Laura is named by MergerLinks as a rising star for most active up-and-coming financing lawyers in EMEA for 2023.

Expertise

Recent work

Hayfin

Advising Hayfin on its acquisition of European CRE development and investment loan portfolio from Oaktree.

Brookfield

Advising Canadian investment firm Brookfield on securing £300m in financing for the expansion of Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.

DATA4 Group

Advising DATA4 Group on its €620m debt financing from investment banking firms Deutsche Bank, Société Générale and SMBC.

A credit fund lender

Advising a credit fund lender on the development financing for a major residential-led scheme in Piazza dei Navigatori, Rome

Westmont Hospitality Group

Advising Westmont Hospitality Group on the facility for its acquisition of the Doubletree Westminster and subsequent refinancings.

AIG

Advising AIG on the financing of a premier central London hotel owned by an international hotel group.

Hillwood

Advising Hillwood Investment Properties on the speculative development financing of various logistics and industrial projects.

A senior lender

Advising the senior lender on the development of a BTR scheme and the intercreditor negotiations with the mezzanine lender.

Brookfield

Advising Brookfield on the £196m senior and mezzanine debt facilities to refinance its acquisition of 20 Churchill Place provided by Citi and SMBC (senior) and Apollo (mezzanine).

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"Laura Bretherton is fantastic. She has great technical ability which allows her to spot issues early, is commercially minded and solution-focused. She's a pleasure to work with."

The UK Legal 500 2025

"Laura's work is high-quality and she provides comprehensive and very clear advice."

Chambers UK 2025

"Laura Bretherton is very capable and has significant experience across a range of real estate financing matters. She clearly has excellent technical knowledge and can apply this in a practical manner to deliver pragmatic and commercial advice."

The UK Legal 500 2024

"Laura Bretherton was central to assisting us through a very challenging transaction last year. Throughout, she demonstrated strong technical legal skills coupled with sensible commercial views to assist us in finding an acceptable solution to each issue which arose."

The UK Legal 500 2024

"Her ability to address the various legal and commercial issues which arise during the course of negotiations is essential to ensuring we are able to deliver on complex transactions."

Chambers UK 2024

"Laura is an exceptional lawyer who is always on hand to discuss complex legal points and find resolutions to potential issues before they become a problem."

Chambers UK 2023