Laura Smith

Partner

Laura is a Partner in the Finance Group.

Laura specialises in fund finance and real estate finance. In the fund finance space Laura advises some of the most active fund finance providers and borrowers in the market on the full range of products, including subscription, hybrid, NAV and GP facilities across asset classes and strategies.

On the real estate finance side Laura acts for financial institutions, non-bank lenders, real restate funds, real estate-backed corporates and developers on both investment and development financings across a range of asset classes, including retail, office (both traditional and serviced office), healthcare, logistics, student accommodation and hotels.

Laura sits on the British Property Federation Finance Committee.

Selected deals

Chrysalis Investments Limited (Chrysalis) on a £70 million NAV facility provided by Barclays Bank

NatWest Markets on multiple NAV facilities made available to private equity real estate funds

RBSI Group on subscription, co-invest and NAV facilities in excess of £2 billion made available to major European private equity and private equity real estate funds

Investec Bank plc on subscription and NAV facilities made available to European private equity funds

A global investment firm with over $400 billion of AUM on a NAV facility to its latest credit fund, structured as a private securitisation

Asset managers across fund strategies on subscription, co-invest and NAV facilities for their latest funds.

Greystar on the financing of the acquisition of two purpose-built student accommodation assets from "The Neighbourhood"

Patron Capital on the financing of its acquisition of business parks and retail destinations across the UK

A joint venture between MARK and SevenCapital on a £258 million development facility to develop a 462-home prime residential-led scheme in Kensington, West London

PineBridge Benson Elliot on the financing of Hackney Wick co-living development

Clearbell Capital on numerous development and investment facilities, including a development facility made available to finance the construction of a mixed-use business park in Maidstone, Kent.