Renata Stephens
Associate
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Renata advises UK and international clients on the structuring and financing of complex, real estate-backed transactions. She acts for a diverse range of stakeholders - including private equity sponsors, institutional lenders, alternative capital providers, asset managers, and debt funds—supporting them across the capital stack, from senior and mezzanine debt to back-leverage and structured finance solutions.
Key Matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
Renata’s experience includes advising:
- A leading real estate investment platform on a series of pan-European portfolio financings aggregating in excess of €1 billion.
- A private equity firm on the £306 million purchase and financing of a portfolio of purpose-built student accommodation.
- A leading real estate investor on the financing for the comprehensive redevelopment of a Grade II listed building in London.
- A privately owned real estate fund management and advisory business on a note issuance related to the financing of development properties in London.
- A real estate investment firm on a €240 million NAV financing facility agreement.
- A real estate climate impact fund in connection with a €200 million green loan subscription line facility.
- A leading real estate investment firm on multiple real estate financing transactions, including:
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- The £112 million financing of a life sciences-led property in Cambridge;
- The £21 million development financing of purpose-built student accommodation in Birmingham;
- The £78 million acquisition and development financing of residential rental units, commercial units, and parking spaces in Glasgow;
- The £60 million development financing of logistics assets along the M6 and M1 corridor;
- The £74 million development financing of a mixed-use scheme comprising offices, residential units, and a boutique hotel in Manchester;
- The £66 million development financing of a new-build logistics scheme; and
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- The £40 million development financing of a build-to-rent scheme in Birmingham.