Senior Associate - Real Estate Finance

My client is looking to bring on a real estate finance solciitor to work within their busy banking team located in the heart of London.Your new role would be to assist in advising on all types of real estate financings including both investments and development deals. The ideal candidate will have worked in a specialist real estate finance team within a top tier firm in the City and will have experience of leading transactions which involve both bilateral and multi-banked syndicated facilities.

Highlights

• Advising a leading student accommodation provider on a £200m+ transaction
• Acting for a leading logistics developer on a Euro facility to fund the acquisition of property located in Europe
• Advising on a new stretch senior facility funded by Aeriance to refinance the costs of acquisition and on-going development costs associated with the conversion of a former brewery head office. 
• Acting for a large property developer on a Euro facility to refinance the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo
• Supporting Santander UK plc in relation to a term loan facility being provided to assist a borrower in funding (along with mezzanine debt, and equity) a real estate acquisition of a hotel property

Technical skills and experience

As a guide, due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to appoint a lawyer with at least 4 years' PQE in this area, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience. You will have a proven track record in real estate finance, gained at a top tier firm. You will be working on a high level, complex matters that require strong technical skills in this practice area. You will also have direct client involvement and be encouraged to be involved in business development.

In addition to a good technical grounding, you will:

• Have a desire and interest in building client relationships
• Have supervisory experience with the ability to co-ordinate workloads
• Have the ability to present technical legal issues in a clear, approachable and professional way
• Have client orientated approach and good commercial awareness
• Have an appetite for business development and be passionate about helping to help build the REF business
• Be a confident self-starter with a proven track record in real estate finance