Sebastian is an associate in the real estate practice based in London.
Sebastian has experience advising both lenders and sponsors on a wide array of high-profile real estate finance transactions, encompassing both investment and development deals in the UK and across various European jurisdictions. He also advises on real estate-related back-leverage structures.
His expertise spans multiple real estate asset classes, including logistics, hospitality, student accommodation, office space and data centres, with a client base primarily comprising financial investors – such as debt and private equity funds – and sponsors.
Sebastian trained in the London office of a UK magic circle law firm and joined Ropes & Gray as an associate.
Experience
Representative experience includes advising:
- Yondr on the €500 million acquisition, development and financing of one of the world’s largest data centres and its associated letting to a major international tech company.
- a leading real estate fund manager in connection with an up to £400 million loan-on-loan facility from Wells Fargo Bank to provide additional back leverage for financing CRE loans in the UK.
- a variety of real estate debt funds as borrowers / sellers in connection with repurchase facilities and loan on loan facilities to finance commercial real estate loans in the UK, Europe and Australia.
- various real estate funds (as sponsors and as lenders) on senior and mezzanine debt financings of UK and European real estate assets.*
- a leading asset management fund on senior and mezzanine loans of £700+ million to finance an acquisition of a portfolio of hospitality assets.*
- a credit fund as lender on a senior financing of the development of a number of UK logistics assets.*
- the sponsor on a £400+ million refinancing of its portfolio of hotel assets based in the UK.*
- an international energy services company on its pari-bank financings and restructuring.*
- an international mining company on the refinancing of its general corporate purposes revolving credit facility.*
*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray
Credentials
Disclaimer
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