Danny Peel

Danny Peel

Head of Finance

Danny is Head of the Finance Group, specialising in real estate finance, fund finance and general corporate lending.

Real estate finance

Danny heads our Real Estate Finance Group. He acts for bank and non-bank lenders, real estate funds, real estate-backed corporates, and developers on all aspects of debt financing, including investment and development facilities. He has significant experience across asset classes, with a particular specialism advising private equity funds on financing alternative assets including healthcare, serviced offices, student accommodation and self-storage.

Fund finance

Danny has over 15 years' experience advising on fund finance matters. He has a long-established lender side practice where he regularly advises many of the most active lenders in the market on subscription, co-invest, net asset value (NAV) and hybrid facilities for private equity, private equity real estate, infrastructure and private debt funds. He also has a burgeoning borrower-side practice.

Danny is in charge of running the firm's PRIME Scheme, a City law firm-wide initiative which offers work experience to 16 and 17 year olds from less privileged backgrounds.

Danny sits on the British Property Federation Finance Committee and speaks and writes extensively on both real estate finance and fund finance matters.

Selected Deals

  • RBS Group on subscription, co-invest and NAV facilities in excess of £10 billion made available to major European private equity real estate funds.
  • A club of banks led by Wells Fargo and RBSI on subscription and NAV facilities made available to an open-ended private equity real estate fund.
  • Banco Santander on subscription and hybrid facilities made available to open and closed-ended private equity, private equity real estate and private debt funds.
  • The lenders on a subscription facility made available to the world's largest ever secondaries fund.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on subscription facilities made available to a number of private debt and maritime funds.
  • Asset managers across asset classes on subscription, co-invest and NAV facilities for their latest funds.
  • AJ Capital on the financing of its acquisition and redevelopment of hotels in Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews and Troon.
  • AshbyCapital on the refinancing of a debt facility secured on its Morfa Shopping Park asset.
  • Meyer Bergman on the financing of its acquisition of 112-116 New Oxford Street.
  • Patron Capital on its development framework partnership agreement with a US REIT and the related finance arrangements, together with investment and development finance for a number of its investee companies.
  • Laxfield Capital on the financing of the acquisition of part of the historic Headley Court Estate site in Epsom, Surrey.
  • Clearbell Capital on the financing of its acquisition of Orbital retail park in Cannock, Staffordshire, and the financing of a large 130,100 square feet mixed use scheme at The Riverwalk in Durham.
  • Mansford Capital on debt facilities secured on the Boatfolk marinas portfolio and City Gates, Swansea.
  • Cinnamon Care Capital on the financing of the development and/or operation of care homes across its portfolio.
  • A joint venture between Fimalac and the Hearst Corporation on the refinancing of 30 North Colonnade, Canary Wharf.
  • Fairview New Homes Limited on the refinancing of its existing debt facilities.
  • Shepherd Neame Limited on the refinancing of its existing corporate facilities via a new bank facility and a European private placement, secured on its portfolio of public houses and hotels.
  • Breedon Group plc on the financing of its £455 million acquisition of Lagan Group (Holdings) Limited and its £336 million acquisition of Hope Construction Materials Limited.
  • Safestore Holdings plc on its £595 million refinancing through a mixture of bank debt and a US private placement and the financing of its acquisitions of the Space Maker and Alligator portfolios.
  • Peel Group on various corporate, real estate and development facilities in excess of £500 million.
Clients report: "He adds a commercial dimension to his advice and his work," adding: "He is very detailed and excellent at getting the best outcome for his client."
Chambers and Partners UK 2020
Danny has considerable technical knowledge in his field of expertise and always ensures that this is implemented in a commercial manner and in the interests of the client.
Chambers and Partners UK 2019
A great negotiator.
The Legal 500 UK 2017
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