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CurrentStuart has significant experience in structured finance transactions, such as loan mortgage portfolio acquisitions and disposals, securitisations and bond issuances. Representative experience includes acting for:■ a local bank in providing the senior funding to a local company to finance the acquisition of the share capital of a California-based company■ a New York fund in providing the £100m senior funding to an NI company that owns and operates a number of shopping centres■ a New York based fund in providing senior finance to a notable local property developer■ a local bank in restructuring £70m debt advanced to a notable commercial property developer■ a New York fund and asset manager in relation to a financing transaction with a local bank in connection with a notable mixed use development in Belfast City centre - the £12m transaction was structured as a loan-on-loan financing, the first transaction of its type in NI originated by a domestic bank■ a bank re financing of a large manufacturing group; the lender’s first syndicated transaction in RoI/NI■ a local bank in relation to the financing of an NI retail park ■ a local bank on its precedent facility and security documents - this work emphasised our technical legal knowledge and ability to manage large scale projects■ an international property fund on a recently acquired loan portfolio secured against NI properties, and assisting in devising and implementing the work-out strategies
