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Debt funds and LIBOR: so what the fuss
LIBOR in its current form is on the way out, that much is clear. But how will its exodus from the world of finance affect debt funds?
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Green Buildings and Real Estate Finance implications
Sustainability and efficiency of real estate assets is increasingly important for occupiers and investors. European lenders are taking an active interest in 'green' buildings and increasingly committing to more sustainable practices.
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Collaboration, Cycling, MIPIM and investment in the UK....
On Tuesday this week I completed my first London to Cannes cycle ride, participating in the Legal and General Cycle to MIPIM 2019. Raising awareness and funds for Coram and organised by Club Peloton...now at MIPIM...
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Real Estate Finance, Transaction Management, Service Delivery, Innovation and our first post of 2019
New REF partners join the team, a new approach to transaction management and a new year!
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Property funds: FCA's latest proposals for improving liquidity management
On 8 October 2018, the FCA published a consultation paper on illiquid assets and open-ended funds. The original discussion paper on this topic, from February 2017, looked at some of the risks that arise when open-ended investment funds invest mainly in inherently illiquid assets.
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Please release me, let me go
Anyone who has worked in property finance for even a short period of time will have experienced the unhappy discord when negotiating releases. At a point when the finance documents are agreed and the conditions precedent are coagulating, the release mechanics have the potential to frustrate, if not obstruct, the flow of funds.
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Just admiring the Review
After a few years living and working as a finance lawyer in Australia, there are a few things I brought with me back to the UK. Among the alarming spider's nests on the underside of our garden furniture and a passing interest in Aussie Rules football ("Go Bombers"), was an appreciation of some of the interesting market divergences in documenting loan transactions.
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Real estate finance: a threat to national security?
The UK Government recently published proposals for a regime to review certain transactions that may pose a threat to the UK's national security.
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Administrators are entitled to sell partly developed property free from secured interests
Williams and another v Broadoak Private Finance Ltd and others [2018] EWHC 1107 (Ch)
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HS2 next stop Birmingham: Trending schemes for developers in a growth market
Fieldfisher is holding a Seminar for clients this Wednesday 13 June 2018 at the Fieldfisher Birmingham office to discuss the impact of HS2 on Real Estate development in Birmingham.