David Varne
Partner
London
David Varne
Partner
London
Contact details
David is a banking and finance partner based in London specialising in real estate finance with a strong track record of advising banks and debt funds on market-leading financings secured on real estate assets in Europe (including individual landmark assets and portfolios of assets located in one or more jurisdictions).
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor, Western Australia, Australia, 2010 (non-practising)
Admitted as a solicitor, England & Wales, 2020
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Experience highlights
Acting for lenders on their financings to a leading private equity house in respect of various assets (including retail, office, life sciences, logistics, entertainment, hotel, student accommodation and non-performing loans) located across Europe (including the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Finland and Denmark).
Acting for a US investment bank on its financing to a private equity house in respect of its acquisition of a Scandinavian-based office-space provider with assets in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Lithuania.
Acting for lenders on their financings to a leading private equity house in in respect of various non-performing loan portfolios located in Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy.
Acting for lenders on their warehouse financings to a number of debt funds in respect of their European debt platforms.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor, Western Australia, Australia, 2010 (non-practising)
Admitted as a solicitor, England & Wales, 2020
