Andrea Zemenides

Representative Deals Acting for Lenders

• Advising HSBC on development financing facilities for a franchised five-star Luxury Collection hotel in the London greenbelt, and dealing with the associated direct arrangements with a major US brand.
• Advising a UK clearing bank on the refinancing of loan facilities of £175 million secured on hotels in London and Manchester.
• Advising the lender on the acquisition and financing of hotels in Manchester, London and Liverpool by a well-known hotelier brand. Advising on hotel management arrangements, including negotiation of direct agreements and dealing with arrangements around refurbishment, fire-remediation and development works.
• Advising a UK clearing bank on the refinancing of the Queens Gate Hotel in Kensington.
• Advising DZ HYP AG and various other German Pfandbrief banks on the financing of more than 20 trophy and city-central properties.

Representative Deals Acting for Borrowers

• Advising leading care home operator, HC-One Limited on their financings over the last 10 years, including on a £635 million refinancing with the healthcare REIT Welltower, Inc, involving a substantial portfolio in England and Scotland.
• Advising The M-Core group on investment and development facilities with HSBC, Natwest, Santander, Handelsbanken, Lloyds, Barclays and Aviva aggregating in excess of £1.3 billion, and substantial facilities in Germany and Poland.
• Advising a US private equity investor on £150 million development facilities for a forward-funded flagship build-to-rent scheme in Manchester, with financing from private credit specialist Carlyle.
• Advising an Octopus credit fund on CCLOC facilities with HSBC Innovation Bank.
• Advising an events business on significant development finance facilities for an arena project, with funding from a US investment bank.
• Advising a luxury retailer on a £350 million term facility and a £200 million revolving facility.
• Advising a Singaporean investor on the £114 million financing of a 90,000-square-foot office building in central London.
• Advising GCP Student Living plc on facilities for the acquisition of newly built student accommodation.
• Advising on a £300 million debt fund refinancing of circa 30 mobile home/caravan/holiday sites in the UK.