Real Estate Finance

Real estate has never been more global or complex than it is today. Whether advising on development or investment transactions, we understand that finance is critical to our client's success.

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Combining industry insight and practical legal experience, our global real estate finance team is at the forefront of helping our clients navigate a range of complex and high-profile real estate finance transactions, including investment, development, structured real estate financings, loan-on-loan, debt portfolio acquisitions, Sharia-compliant structures, and financings and refinancings of existing facilities. A number of these deals have involved work in multiple jurisdictions.

Whether advising on offices, retail, industrial, logistics, hotel, residential, or any type of building, we can help.

Our integrated approach brings together lawyers experienced in banking, real estate, construction, planning, capital markets, insurance, real estate investment trusts (REITs), funds, and tax to provide a seamless service for our real estate clients.

We develop creative solutions in the areas where you need us most.

Our capabilities at a glance

Judicial review wins

Ex-government policy advisors

Pieces of legislation changed

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The whole team is super smart. They are all really easy to work with and they know our business inside out. They come to us proactively with issues and are incredibly responsive."

Chambers & Partners, UK Guide, 2025

An intellectually brilliant and commercially astute public law team. One of the very best in the city."

Chambers & Partners UK 2025

Hogan Lovells has a high capability in solving complex issues that involve both legal and technical perspectives."

Chambers & Partners, Germany, 2025

The lawyers are just experts. They are there when you need them and happy to entertain all my questions. They understand the wider context and the politics and sensitivities of it."

Chambers & Partners, UK 2025

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Key contacts

Andrew Flemming

Partner

Andrew Flemming

Partner

London

Lea Ann Fowler

Partner

Lea Ann Fowler

Partner

Denver

Jo Solomon

Partner

Jo Solomon

Partner

London

Meet the Real Estate Finance team

Representative experience

Advised a syndicate of UK banks on the finance of a landmark London office building for £330m.

Advised Ivanhoe Cambridge in relation to the financing of a large portfolio of European hotels located in Germany, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Advised a syndicate of commercial lenders on a $500m complex revolving loan secured by various classes of collateral, including 36 senior housing facilities.

Advised a UK fund on the financing of an acquisition of a UK wide portfolio of retail units.

Advising a private family office on joint venture arrangements and the subsequent acquisition and financing of a portfolio of hotels.

Advising a UK based fund on the financing of the development of hotels in the UK.

Advised cross-border lending banks on HK$2.8bn onshore and offshore financing secured by onshore property of Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited.

Advised Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) and Landesbank Berlin (LBB) on the financing of the premium real estate development One Goethe Plaza in Frankfurt am Main.

Advised U and I Group PLC on its new 50:50 joint venture platform with Colony NorthStar to invest up to €300m in the London City, Manchester and Dublin office markets.

Advised BMG Barberino S.r.l., on the EUR 71,000,000 credit facilities made available by Credit Agricole CIB for the refinancing of the acquisition and development of the Barberino Outlet Mall.

Advising HSBC Bank plc on the financing of real estate owned by the AGRO Merchants Group throughout Europe.

Awards and recognitions

Real Estate Firm of the Year (Germany)

Best Lawyers Awards

2018

Real Estate Team of the Year (UK)

Legal Business Awards

2017

Band 2 for Real Estate Finance

Chambers UK

2018

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Real Estate Finance

Real estate has never been more global or complex than it is today. Whether advising on development or investment transactions, we understand that finance is critical to our client's success.

Our capabilities at a glance

Judicial review wins

Ex-government policy advisors

Pieces of legislation changed

Hear from our clients and industry leaders

The whole team is super smart. They are all really easy to work with and they know our business inside out. They come to us proactively with issues and are incredibly responsive."

An intellectually brilliant and commercially astute public law team. One of the very best in the city."

Hogan Lovells has a high capability in solving complex issues that involve both legal and technical perspectives."

The lawyers are just experts. They are there when you need them and happy to entertain all my questions. They understand the wider context and the politics and sensitivities of it."