James Spencer

Partner,

James is a seasoned finance attorney, representing both lenders and borrowers on all aspects of their commercial real estate transactions.

Representing a European debt fund in a €90 million facility secured by a hotel in Ibiza, Spain.
Represented an Asian bank in a £98 million facility secured by a retail park.
Represented an Asian bank in a £120 million facility secured by a prime London office building.
Represented a Korean fund in its acquisition of a £100 million participation in a loan-on-loan facility secured by senior and mezzanine central London development facilities.
Represented a Canadian fund in a £50 million regional mixed-use development facility.
Represented a U.S. fund in a £30 million facility secured on a London hotel.
Represented a real estate debt fund as mezzanine lender in numerous senior/mezzanine real estate financings.
Represented a UK bank in a £60 million senior facility as part of a senior/mezzanine financing of Scottish office premises.
Represented a UK bank in an £83 million senior facility as part of a senior/mezzanine financing of a portfolio of UK office premises.
Represented a UK debt fund in a £30 million facility secured by a portfolio of 250 PRS homes.
Represented a UK bank in a £35 million development facility.
Represented a bank in a £90 million UK student-accommodation facility.

Acting for an Asian bank on a €40 million hotels facility.
Representing an Asian bank in its acquisition of participations in numerous UK real estate financings.
Represented a European bank in a €100 million German real estate acquisition facility and subsequent restructuring.
Represented a U.S. bank in a €400 million financing for the warehousing of real-estate-backed loan assets.
Acting for a borrower on a £175 million hotel financing.
Represented a borrower in a £37 million property acquisition transaction.
Acting for a borrower on a £16 million property acquisition transaction.

Representing a mezzanine lender client on its acquisition rights enforcement on a senior/mezzanine financing of UK retail parks.
Representing a mezzanine lender client on its acquisition rights enforcement and senior loan amendment on a senior/mezzanine financing of UK real estate.
Representing a loan servicer in connection the workout, restructuring and enforcement of a large number of legacy UK and European CMBS loans.
Representing a loan servicer in the workout, restructuring, and enforcement of a number of UK and European CRE loans.

Represented a UK borrower in its £65 million working capital and acquisition facilities.
Represented an Asian borrower in its $100 million debt securities issuance.
Represented a U.S. borrower in its $1 billion global refinancing.
Represented a UK borrower in a $25 million acquisition financing to acquire a German bank.
Represented an investment management company in its group refinancing.
Represented investors in a number of MBO financings.

Represented an investment manager in connection with a $100 million bond acquisition facility.
Represented an investment manager in connection with a $50 million ABS acquisition facility.

Represented a U.S. investment adviser in the acquisition of a €54.5 million B loan secured by German property.
Represented a U.S. investment company in the acquisition of a €50 million B loan secured by German property.
Represented a U.S. investment company in the acquisition of a €34 million D loan secured by German, Swiss, Dutch, and Belgian property.
Represented a U.S. investment company in the acquisition of a €27 million C loan secured by German property.

Represented a servicer in its appointment as servicer and special servicer in an Italian CMBS.
Represented a U.S. bank in its appointment as servicer and special servicer in a UK CMBS.
Represented a servicer in its appointment as servicer and special servicer in a UK CMBS.
Represented a servicer in its appointment as successor servicer and special servicer in a number of legal CMBS transactions.
Represented an investment bank in the unwinding of a CMBS transaction.
Represented collateral managers in both European and U.S. cash CDO transactions.
Represented a collateral manager in a European CLO transaction.
Represented collateral managers in synthetic CDO transactions.