Innovative financing advice for a resurgent real estate sector
Recovering transaction volumes, deleveraged balance sheets, maturing investment structures and tighter availability of debt – there is a new business reality for the Australian real estate sector.
We are at the forefront of this market and clients are calling on our multi-party experience for managing property-related initial public offerings (IPOs), transactions and projects.
Companies are increasingly looking for alternative real estate finance options within debt capital markets, innovative leasing options and “exotic” instruments. Our real estate finance lawyers can advise you on the day-to-day and the exotic alike.
World-class developments and complex transactions
The clients who benefit from our legal advice on real estate finance include financial institutions, real estate investment trusts (REITs), fund managers, investors and developers. We advise them on world-class developments and complex portfolio acquisitions and divestments.
Our advice on real estate finance law includes:
- Commercial development financings
- Commercial and residential mortgage-backed securitisations
- Domestic and cross-border financings
- Loan portfolio acquisitions and sales
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Residential development financings
- Restructuring and distressed debt.
Our experience includes acting for a series of domestic and international lenders in connection with the AUD 770 million financing of several real estate investment funds managed by AMP Capital. We also acted for Cromwell Property Funds on approximately AUD 1 billion of debt facilities secured by in excess of AUD 2 billion in assets.