Zoe Maurer > Addleshaw Goddard > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The Addleshaw Goddard real estate finance team regularly collaborates with the firm’s strong construction, corporate, and banking and finance practices to advise a wide range of lenders and borrowers. Recent engagements for Zoe Maurer  – who heads the practice – have seen her working with a developer and operator on the financing of six senior living villages in the UK. Sarah Egbu, ‘an astute legal professional with a truly vast array of experience and expertise to draw on’, notably works on complex transactions regarding green facilities for the funding of large mixed-use developments. Other key figures include Zak Ikponmwosa, who is experienced with financing a diverse portfolio of properties, including those in the hospitality facilities, offices, and build-to-rent properties.

Displaying a particular strength in the budget hotel sector, Addleshaw Goddard fields a large multidisciplinary team which caters to a roster of the large banks, real estate developers and hotel brands. The team coordinates its offering across its Leeds, London and Middle East offices to advise on refinancing, management agreements, complex leases, as well as acquisitions and disposals. The team is jointly led by Luke Baines, a member of the firm’s construction and engineering group, and Leeds-based Lucy Sturrock, who advises hotel owners on structures, management agreements, development deals, and acquisitions. Zoe Maurer heads the real estate finance practice, routinely advising both lenders and borrowers, including on complex loan facilities – both domestic and cross-border. Head of the living sector, Catherine Williams, brings to bear a wealth of expertise in development, investment and occupier work.