- Counseling clients on loan defaults and restructuring of loan positions including standstill and forbearance agreements throughout the UK and continental Europe.
- Counseling clients in restructuring debt and capital market positions throughout the UK and continental Europe.
- Negotiating credit facilities for numerous asset management companies.
- Advising clients with corporate refinance facilities and new bond refinances and restructuring of global companies involving significant Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) jurisdictions.
- Counseling clients on loan originations involving mixed asset classes of hotels, data centers, supermarkets, business parks, and offices.
Partner,
- Phone: +44 20 8161 4361
- Email: andrew.petersen@alston.com
Leveraging more than 20 years of structured finance experience, Andrew guides clients in their private equity and private debt finance transactions involving borrowing, lending, restructurings, workouts, and enforcements. He founded the firm’s Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) Advisory Group and counsels clients on ESG compliance and governance.
Andrew Petersen represents clients in real estate private equity and private debt matters with a focus on UK and European real estate finance and asset finance. His clients include private equity houses, financial institutions, noteholder groups, arrangers, bond issuers, lenders, property investors, alternative capital providers, asset-based lenders, sovereign wealth funds, mezzanine debt funds, and listed property companies. He advises on loan-to-own distressed opportunities, borrowings, new lendings, restructurings such as loan defaults and standstill arrangements, consensual workouts, and enforcements of debt and equity positions.
Working closely with special situations teams in positions involving debt capital market issues, he provides strategic advice to loan servicers, sellers of loans and mortgage-backed securities, investors owning or acquiring stressed or distressed assets, and risk retention issues.
Andrew has spent time in the U.S. and has unique crossover experience acting for investors purchasing, selling, and managing CMBS, B notes and mezzanine loans, and private debt funds making real estate loans, both in the U.S. and Europe.
Andrew has been recognized in Chambers UK since 2012 for his experience in real estate finance law.
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Press Release October 17, 2024Alston & Bird Expands Rankings in Chambers UK 2025Alston & Bird has significantly increased its rankings in the 2025 edition of Chambers UK, with two practices and six lawyers recognized for their excellence.Press Release October 17, 2024Alston & Bird Expands Rankings in Chambers UK 2025Alston & Bird has significantly increased its rankings in the 2025 edition of Chambers UK, with two practices and six lawyers recognized for their excellence.
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Press Release August 15, 2024Alston & Bird Expands Recognitions and Honors in 2025 Editions of Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchThe number of Alston & Bird attorneys recognized and honored by Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch has grown in key markets around the world. Notably, the 244 Alston & Bird attorneys recognized by the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® includes 26 first-time honorees; ten of the firm’s U.S. offices and 67 practice areas are represented.Press Release August 15, 2024Alston & Bird Expands Recognitions and Honors in 2025 Editions of Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchThe number of Alston & Bird attorneys recognized and honored by Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch has grown in key markets around the world. Notably, the 244 Alston & Bird attorneys recognized by the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® includes 26 first-time honorees; ten of the firm’s U.S. offices and 67 practice areas are represented.
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Webinar March 20, 2024European Enforcement Guide WebinarPlease join us in conversation with a panel made up of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and UK contributors to discuss the enforcement and restructuring regimes in each of their respective countries.Webinar March 20, 2024European Enforcement Guide WebinarPlease join us in conversation with a panel made up of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and UK contributors to discuss the enforcement and restructuring regimes in each of their respective countries.
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Spectrum February 2024Structured Finance Spectrum – Winter 2024Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the shifting single-family rental landscape, what’s next for EDGAR, and Basel III.Spectrum February 2024Structured Finance Spectrum – Winter 2024Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the shifting single-family rental landscape, what’s next for EDGAR, and Basel III.
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General Publications January 2024“European Enforcement Guide,” Alston & Bird, January 2024.This guide gives an overview of the steps lenders need to take to enforce both secured and unsecured claims across key European jurisdictions.General Publications January 2024“European Enforcement Guide,” Alston & Bird, January 2024.This guide gives an overview of the steps lenders need to take to enforce both secured and unsecured claims across key European jurisdictions.
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Press Release August 17, 2023Alston & Bird Earns Broad Recognition in 2024 Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchThe 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 227 Alston & Bird attorneys selected by their peers, spanning the firm’s 10 U.S. offices and representing 67 practice areas. Thirty of these attorneys received this honor for the first time.Press Release August 17, 2023Alston & Bird Earns Broad Recognition in 2024 Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchThe 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 227 Alston & Bird attorneys selected by their peers, spanning the firm’s 10 U.S. offices and representing 67 practice areas. Thirty of these attorneys received this honor for the first time.
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Spectrum August 2023Structured Finance Spectrum - Summer 2023Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features smooth sailing through safe harbors, the English Court doing the cross-class cram-down, and banks going bankrupt.Spectrum August 2023Structured Finance Spectrum - Summer 2023Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features smooth sailing through safe harbors, the English Court doing the cross-class cram-down, and banks going bankrupt.
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Webinar December 6, 2022Corporate Debt Training: ESG FinancingsPlease join us for a corporate debt training led by Tamer Bahgat, Deanna Kashdan, and Andrew Petersen.Webinar December 6, 2022Corporate Debt Training: ESG FinancingsPlease join us for a corporate debt training led by Tamer Bahgat, Deanna Kashdan, and Andrew Petersen.
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Press Release October 26, 2022Regional Management Corp. Closes $200 Million SecuritizationAlston & Bird client Regional Management Corp., a diversified consumer finance company, has closed its ninth securitization, a private offering of $200 million of asset-backed notes.Press Release October 26, 2022Regional Management Corp. Closes $200 Million SecuritizationAlston & Bird client Regional Management Corp., a diversified consumer finance company, has closed its ninth securitization, a private offering of $200 million of asset-backed notes.
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Spectrum July 2022Structured Finance Spectrum – July 2022Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. Guest edited by our London team, this edition focuses on the opportunities that come from stressed markets – how the C-PACE space continues to grow apace, super scheme cross-class cram-down mechanisms, and NPLs through an ESG looking glass.Spectrum July 2022Structured Finance Spectrum – July 2022Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. Guest edited by our London team, this edition focuses on the opportunities that come from stressed markets – how the C-PACE space continues to grow apace, super scheme cross-class cram-down mechanisms, and NPLs through an ESG looking glass.
Bar Admissions
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
- BPP University (QLTT, 2006)
- Somerville College (B.C.L., 1998)
- Inns of Court School of Law (BVC, 1997)
- University of Wales, Swansea (LL.B., 1996)
Memberships
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council-Europe, Board of Advisors, director
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Solicitors Regulation Authority, Higher Rights of Audience
Andrew Petersen, Finance partner, describes how our finance practice is equipped to address disruptors in the market because it is anchored by payments and technology.