Dan Webster
Partner
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Dan is a Partner in the Banking & Finance Team and has over 20 years of experience acting on a wide range of structured finance transactions. He specialises in real estate finance and acquisition finance.
Main areas of practice
Dan has advised on most types of financing and has particular expertise in investment and development real estate finance, acquisition finance, structured finance, refinancing, restructuring, mezzanine finance and intercreditor issues.
He has experience of acting for both funders and borrowers on a wide range of industry sectors including office, retail, aviation, hotels, care homes, student accommodation and shopping centres.
Dan also has experience in advising mortgage lenders on regulated lending matters, including preparing their standard mortgage documentation.
Clients
Dan acts for a wide range of participants within financing structures, including institutional lenders and clearing banks, real estate developers, private equity houses and corporate borrowers.
Expertise
Career
Dan started his career at Shearman and Sterling and then Allen & Overy where he gained invaluable experience on many complex international finance transactions. Seeking a better work-life balance, he then practiced at a leading Silver Circle and a national law firm where he advised clients on a large number of structured finance transactions, including real estate finance, acquisition finance and fund finance.
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Significant Experience
- Acting for a leading provider of retirement living on a variety of investment and development financings as well as a c£150m group banking facility provided by an investment bank.
- Acting for a high profile UK aerospace company on a variety of financings, including a c£150m listed note facility provided by a US debt fund.
- Acting for a UK alternative finance provider on two noteworthy acquisition finance transactions completed in the same month.
- Acting for an established provider of student accommodation on a bespoke mezzanine and quasi-equity refinancing of a development facility.
Additional Expertise
Dan also has additional expertise in:
- Regulated mortgage advice
- Restructuring and turnaround