Miles Flynn > Paul Hastings LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

‘The breadth and depth of expertise of the real estate finance practice’ at Paul Hastings LLP ‘is one of the best in London’. The team acts for lenders, borrowers and sponsors in three core areas: debt origination, complex structured joint ventures and funds, and CMBS in the UK and continental Europe. The ‘exceptionally strong’ Miles Flynn chairs the group and acts for alternative lenders on loan origination and loan-on-loan finance transactions. Sierra Taylor has extensive experience in acting for European and international investment funds, investment managers, banks and corporate clients, and Christina Olliver is also a notable team member.

Paul Hastings LLP has ‘a leading financing and structuring expertise for sophisticated and complicated transactions‘. The firm handles complex and often business-critical securitisation mandates, particularly in the CLO market, and it remains active in large and high-profile NPL transactions. The ‘exceptional‘ Miles Flynn, standout CLO partner Cameron Saylor and ‘incredible leader and people manager‘ Paul Severs head the practice. Saylor assisted Acer Tree Investment Management LLP with a the establishment of CLO platform and its €400m debut CLO thereunder. Severs assisted Kensington Mortgage Company with the Finsbury Square 2021-1 Green Plc, a UK-first green RMBS transaction. Mei Lian has extensive experience in the Greek market. She acted for Piraeus Bank S.A. in its Sunrise I and Sunrise II securitisations of Greek secured and unsecured non-performing loans, which had a total value of €7.2bn. Newly promoted partner Victoria Morton is recommended for RMBS and large loan portfolio acquisitions. She worked with associate Timothy Earle worked on key RMBS deals for KMC with a value of £1.5bn.