Property Finance

Availability and cost of funding from both banks and alternative finance providers have improved resulting in an increase in activity in refinancing and restructurings as well as new lending transactions. Residential development lending is also increasing due to improved market conditions and government incentives and focus on improving housing delivery.

At Ogier Leman, our experienced real estate lawyers work covers a broad range of real estate finance transactions including transactions in the hotel, student accommodation, nursing home, retail, development land, residential, energy, utilities and natural resources and industrial sectors.

• Development and construction finance;
• Asset finance;
• Project finance;
• Refinancing;
• Restructuring;
• Advice on transaction structuring and set up of property investment vehicles;
• Syndicated lending;
• Loan sales & purchases;
• Security due diligence and reviews; and
• Venture capital and private equity investments.

Recent transactions include;

• Acting for the borrower in a €40 million refinancing with a UK lender of a €60 million mixed property portfolio;
• Acting for the funders refinancing a NAMA portfolio of commercial properties;
• Advising the funder of residential development in South County Dublin; and
• Acting for the Examiner of Koverto and Colourworld.

Our team have a track record in acting for Irish and UK financial institutions, alternative finance providers, insolvency practitioners, developers and investors on the asset, portfolio and project financing.