Colin Morgan > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The cross-disciplinary hotels team at Macfarlanes LLP offers ‘a real depth of expertise’ in acquisitions and developments, management and franchise agreements, financing, and tax issues relevant to hotel businesses. The practice services a diverse client roster which features large hotel owners and operators, investors and lenders. Key lawyers include Howard Corney, who heads the firms M&A group and specialises in the sports, leisure and hospitality industries; commercial expert Will Hedges; hotels and real estate specialist Simon Perry; and expert in real estate finance, Colin Morgan.

One client notes that Macfarlanes LLP has ‘invested in building up a strong property finance practice with enough resources in terms of lawyers, and, above all, sophistication and excellent technical ability, to handle top-notch mandates’. Well-balanced between lender and borrower representation, Colin Morgan‘s team of specialists acts in intercreditor negotiations involving multi-layered capital structures, whole loan financing, build-to-rent financing, hotel and student accommodation and advising high-net-worth individuals on buying or refinancing residential properties. Laura Bretherton has ‘significant experience across a range of real estate financing matters’. Restructuring partner Jat Bains is also recommended.