Herbert Smith is a leading real estate finance firm, acting for some of the foremost lenders, investors and developers in the market. Known for the ability to design and implement highly-structured property finance transactions - often at great speed - our clients include Eurohypo, Lehman, Citibank, Lloyds TSB, Consensus, CIT and Hammerson.
We are unusual among the larger real estate finance firms in acting almost equally for borrowers and funders: we, therefore, understand all the transaction parties' concerns; placing us in a position to facilitate practical solutions. Clients recognise the effectiveness of our approach and our success in delivering difficult transactions. Chambers UK, 2008 cites clients praising us as "excellent in the market it has chosen to operate in".
Recent transactions include acting for Lehman on a structured £245 million portfolio facility and Eurohypo on a €230 million investment facility.
On cross-border deals, we work with our alliance and relationship firms (Gleiss Lutz, Stibbe, Cuatrecasas and others), usually with one partner acting as a single point of contact for the client who receives a "one stop shop" for pan-European and global deals.
"The 'highly credible lawyers' at this department are an 'absolute joy to work with', according to clients, who also feel it is 'a team to recommend to anybody.'"
Chambers UK 2008
"The team's experience on different sides of the table allows them to efficiently manage both parties' expectations and get the deal done in record time"
Client quote, Chambers UK 2007
"Praised as 'excellent in the market it has chosen to operate in'"
Chambers UK 2008