Jon Lent is a partner in the Financial Services Practice, advising borrowers, listed and private funds, family offices, and private equity investors – as well as banks, financial institutions, debt funds and alternative lenders – on structured finance transactions secured on real estate and operational assets.
His work includes investment and development facilities for shopping centres, offices, industrial, logistics, high-end residential, holiday parks, co-living and PRS/BTR, and mixed-use portfolio transactions.
Jon has specialist expertise in funding hotels/serviced apartments (including direct agreements with brands), student accommodation, care homes and senior living assets, and other operational assets.
He also advises on all aspects of senior and mezzanine financings, inter-creditor and upside arrangements; fund finance; Islamic finance; debt restructuring, loan-on-loan and strategic loan-to-own; loan trading; and loan-linked derivatives.
Jon has been listed as a leading real estate finance lawyer in both Chambers UK and The Legal 500 UK.