Real Estate Finance
Proactive, commercially-driven legal expertise for lenders and borrowers
At Merali Beedle, we provide clear, responsive legal advice to drive your property transactions forward. We balance deep lending expertise with a swift, practical approach to charging security and facilitating completion.
Whether you’re a lender securing your loan or a borrower navigating unfamiliar requirements, we provide clear advice and a friendly, efficient service to make the transaction as painless as possible.
Our comprehensive understanding of the real estate finance market and the close partnerships we’ve developed have made us the preferred choice for a number of established lenders and new entrants to the market.
Our specialists routinely act on and close real estate finance transactions across these core areas:
- Bridging Finance: Quick-turnaround auction purchases, last-minute refinances and closed bridges.
- Development & Construction: Funding for ground-up developments, refurbishments, change of use and development exit loans.
- Portfolio & Asset Specialist: Large portfolio refinances (residential, commercial and mixed-use), social housing, hospitality, student accommodation and care homes.
- Loan Documentation: Drafting facility agreements, loan security and intercreditor arrangements.
- Cross-border transactions: working with overseas law firms and legal opinion review
- Servicing: Redemptions, registrations and recoveries, post-completion planning agreements
Real estate finance moves fast. To prevent delays, our real estate finance team works side-by-side with our other specialists in Banking, Planning, Construction, Trusts and Estates, and Dispute Resolution. This full-service approach ensures complex hurdles are resolved before they can stall your funding.
Please get in touch with our team if you would like to learn more.
