gunnercooke

The multi-disciplinary real estate finance team at gunnercooke comprises experienced  professionals across the banking, real estate, construction, planning and tax sectors. 

We are committed to helping you to achieve the growth objectives for your business. We undertake transactions involving a broad range of assets from hotels and shopping centres to commercial and large-scale residential developments and buy-to-let property portfolios.

Our team advises financial institutions, senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, bridging financiers, institutional borrowers and developers in all aspects of real estate finance. We will work with you, aligning ourselves within your business to become an integral part of  your team with trusted advisors taking a personal approach and commitment to your deal.

We relish the project management and delivery aspects of each transaction drawing on strong interpersonal and communication skills. We are proactive, and dedicated to delivering each transaction on time, to your requirements and to the highest of standards.

• Advising a logistics company client on the agreement for lease and subsequent lease for 65,000 sq ft of logistics space that was under development

• Working with Urban Splash in respect of its renovation of the Grade II listed 
  Brownfield Mill, the former home of A.V. Roe & Co (Britain’s first aeroplane 
  manufacturer) into 31 canal-side apartments and a triple-storey ‘Engine House’ https://www.urbansplash.co.uk/regeneration/projects/avro
  
  
• Trusted advisers to PlaceFirst on its private equity and development financing arrangements from ESO Capital to facilitate the redevelopment of derelict homes and vacant sites across the North-West, with a target of releasing 1,000 private residential units over a 5-year period
  
  
• Acting for Secure Trust Bank plc in respect of ground rent portfolio facilities to Strawberry Star, secured over The Hoola Building and Sky Gardens, London
  
  
• Assisting EC4 Hotels Limited in respect of its £18 million investment facility from National Westminster Bank plc to fund the acquisition of a portfolio of 4 hotels in Yorkshire
  
  
• Acting for OakNorth Bank plc in respect of facilities of £18.5 million to finance the acquisition of land and development of 105 residential units in Bedfordshire

Juliet offers expertise in Real Estate Finance, with over 20 years of experience working with lenders in both the short- and long-term lending space in matters including acquisitions refinance and restructurings, domestically and internationally.

She holds an LLM in construction law and this combined with her expertise in mortgage litigation allows her to anticipate potential challenges and proactively address them. eg advising on Landlord and tenant issues, requirements under the right to rent Act eg Immigration requirements, requirements for vacant possession on repossession or appointment of receiver.

Juliet has successfully represented lenders in a wide range of loan transactions, including short and long-term loans, bridging loans, development loans involving residential, commercial, mixed-use, bare land, mezzanine finance, second charges, and transactions involving title insurance.

Key Experience:

• Closing several Multi Million Pound Loan Transactions simultaneously- drafting the loan documents, reporting on the construction and property matters including review of planning, s.106’s
• Resolving legal challenges relating to a £15 million development project
• Advising lender on risk mitigation on a £7 million loan over a site with planning permission for 190 units