Thomas Dunn

• Represented a bank on a £90 million real estate investment facility.
• Represented an alternative lender on a £29 million refinancing, utilizing a loan-on-loan facility.
• Represented a bank on a £35 million real estate development facility. 
• Represented an international investment bank in an infrastructure finance facility for the Ministry of Finance of a sub‐Saharan African country. 
• Acted for an Islamic lender on a refinancing of a large portfolio of residential investment properties across the UK. 
• Represented the agent, security agent, servicer, and special servicer on the implementation of a separate opco/propco structure under an approximately £290 million securitized facility. 
• Represented the majority shareholder of an HKSE-listed, Beijing-based company in a $500 million leveraged financing. 
• Represented an aviation leasing company in its sale and leaseback of three Airbus A380s. 
• Represented an aviation leasing company in its sale and leaseback of one Airbus A380 involving conventional senior debt and Islamic and conventional mezzanine debt. 
• Represented a Swiss private equity firm on its investment in a gold-mining company with operations in West Africa. 
• Represented an online real estate agency in its merger with a high-end national real estate agency company, which involved a Takeover Code whitewash and institutional fundraising.

Thomas Dunn focuses on domestic and international real estate finance, structured finance, and acting for third-party loan servicers in their appointments. Tom has additional experience in asset finance, consensual workouts, enforcement situations, and restructuring, which includes solvent reorganizations, loan defaults, and standstill arrangements. His clients include banks, private equity firms, noteholder groups, financial institutions, arrangers, bond issuers, servicers, and alternative lenders.

Tom practices across a broad range of corporate areas including private M&A, fundraisings, and transactions on the Official List and AIM. He has also acted for clients in Shariah-compliant financings, including murabaha and ijara structures.

Bar Admissions

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

• University of Law (L.P.C., 2016)
• University of Law (M.Sc., 2016)
• University of Law (GDL, 2015)
• University of Nottingham (B.A. Hons, 2014)