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Robert Ludwig

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Robert is a partner in the Eversheds Sutherland Banking team with over a decade of experience of all areas of real estate finance. His practice covers a broad range of transaction types including acquisitions, developments, refinancing’s, loan/portfolio acquisitions, loan-to-own transactions, debt buybacks and restructurings.
Robert acts for both lenders and borrowers across the capital structure, including banks, financial institutions, funds and investment companies. He has particular expertise advising on complex intercreditor issues, having acted for both senior and mezzanine lenders on a variety of structured real estate financings.
Robert has strong cross-border experience having worked across multiple jurisdictions, including spending a year working in European offices (Amsterdam and Munich). Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, Robert spent nine years at a Magic Circle law firm and 18 months on secondment to J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Starwood Capital, performing legal, structuring and transaction management roles.
Robert is currently listed as a "Next Generation Lawyer" in the Legal 500 rankings for Property Finance.
Position
Partner
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
(Leading partners)The Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP real estate finance team has a particularly strong lender practice, maintaining strong relationships with clearing banks, debt funds, and asset managers. Practice head Simon Mead regularly acts for lenders in cross-border property transactions. Robert Ludwig often acts for borrowers, with noteworthy recent engagements including a facility agreement for a data centre facility extension. Other key figures include Chris Brooks, a prime contact for real estate lenders on various transactions, including development and redevelopment financing.
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Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Public sector > Local government
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration