Real Estate Finance
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 6
About
Provided by Baker McKenzie
The group combines real estate, finance, corporate and tax expertise to create a fully coordinated domestic and cross-border service.
The team is able to offer a compelling proposition to major Real Estate investors, lenders, developers and owners, across equity investments and acquisitions, debt financing, real estate, tax and regulatory requirements. This offering can be leveraged to a far greater extent through our substantial EMEA and global networks to drive profitable revenue growth and deliver high performance solutions to our clients.
With increased bench strength, the team work consistently alongside another leading London real estate finance practices.
The London Real Estate practice offers a full service legal capability, which makes them uniquely positioned to attract and service top tier real estate finance clients on their complex multi-real estate financings. The range of expertise provided by the team includes corporate and tax structuring, fund and co-investment establishment, regulatory advice, due diligence and expertise in the acquisition and disposal of real estate assets. The ability to offer integrated and seamless real estate and national and international tax legislation knowledge means that the teams structure and implement each transaction to limit risks, as well as minimise the cost and time otherwise spent briefing separate law and accountancy firms.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie is highlighted for its expertise spanning a broad range of domestic and cross-border real estate financing transactions. It is frequently sought after by banks and private equity firms, among other financial institutions. The team has wide-ranging sector experience, including handling mandates in the retail, hotel and logistics sectors.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie represented The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in connection with funding arrangements of projects to finance and develop data centers in the Netherlands.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Baker McKenzie has strong knowledge across multiple jurisdictions and complex structures."
"Baker McKenzie is a strong team with a diverse range of expertise, and they focus on finding solutions and creative thinking."
"The firm has strong and very responsive teams on the finance and real estate side."
"Baker McKenzie has strong knowledge across multiple jurisdictions and complex structures."
"Baker McKenzie is a strong team with a diverse range of expertise, and they focus on finding solutions and creative thinking."
"The firm has strong and very responsive teams on the finance and real estate side."
Notable Practitioners
Sébastien Marcelin-Rice leads the firm's real estate finance practice in London. He is experienced in acting for a range of sponsors and lenders. He is noted for his expertise in transactions with a cross-border nature.
"Sebastien is solutions-oriented and sincerely cares about client outcomes."
"He is commercial, responsive and sensitive to our needs."
Oliver Jefferies has experience acting for lenders and borrowers in a variety of domestic and cross-border real estate transactions, including acquisition and development financings.
"Oliver is a very intelligent and sophisticated lawyer who is very commercial and proactive."
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