Our real estate finance team is a leading adviser to lenders, borrowers and investors across Australia’s property markets. We combine deep local market knowledge with international experience to structure and execute sophisticated real estate financings, helping clients navigate market volatility, capital constraints and increasingly complex funding requirements.
We advise on billions of dollars of senior and mezzanine real estate debt financings each year across acquisitions, developments and portfolio transactions. Our experience spans the full range of Australian real estate asset classes, including commercial and office, industrial and logistics, residential and build-to-rent, retail, hospitality and mixed-use assets.
We act for leading domestic and international banks, private credit funds and other non-bank lenders, as well as borrowers, sponsors and investors. Our ability to advise from both the lender and borrower perspective gives us a strong understanding of transaction dynamics and market expectations, allowing us to identify issues early, develop pragmatic solutions and negotiate financing terms that work for all parties.
Our experience includes:
- Senior and mezzanine acquisition and development finance;
- Investment and development facilities;
- Complex and bespoke capital structures;
- Portfolio and multi-asset financings; and
- Covenant structuring.
We have a deep understanding of Australian real estate finance market practice, including providing detailed market comparatives for financial covenants, such as ICR, LVR and DSCR. We use that knowledge to help clients benchmark terms, assess financing alternatives and negotiate structures that appropriately balance risk, flexibility and cost.
Our integrated real estate finance offering draws on specialist expertise from across the firm, including the banking and finance, real estate, construction, projects, funds establishment, environment and planning, tax, restructuring, corporate and M&A teams, to address the legal and commercial issues that arise throughout the financing lifecycle.
From funding an acquisition or major development to refinancing an established portfolio or navigating a more complex capital requirement, we focus on delivering financing solutions that are commercially robust, executable and aligned with our clients’ long-term objectives.
