Daniel Peel

Danny is a partner in the Finance team. He joined the firm as a trainee in 2003, has been a partner since 2013 and was Head of Finance between 2021 and 2023.

He specialises in real estate finance, fund finance and general corporate lending, with his fluency in both fund and asset-level structures enabling him to advise on financings at all levels of the capital stack.

Fund finance

Danny has been a key player in the fund finance market for over 20 years. He has a long-established lender side practice where he regularly advises many of the most active lenders in the market on subscription, co-invest, NAV and hybrid facilities across asset classes and strategies. He also advises a range of Europe's leading asset managers on their fund level facilities.

Real estate finance

Danny acts for bank and non-bank lenders, real estate funds, real estate-backed corporates, and developers on all aspects of debt financing, including investment and development facilities. He has significant experience across asset classes, with a particular specialism advising private equity funds on financing alternative assets including hotels, senior living, student accommodation, serviced offices and self-storage.