Ben Neville

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Ben is a Senior Associate in the Banking and Finance team in our London office since October 2021. Ben has experience of a wide range of banking matters, including general corporate lending transactions and insurance related finance, with a particular emphasis on real estate backed lending.

Ben regularly acts for a broad spectrum of clients from financial institutions and non-bank lenders to real estate investors, developers and investment advisors on acquisition, investment and development financings, refinancings, bridging facilities, restructurings and disposals. He has significant experience in multi-let commercial, student accommodation, hospitality and mixed-use transactions, often with a cross border element.

Ben also has specialised knowledge of Shari’ah compliant finance and has obtained the globally recognised Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment’s Islamic Finance Qualification.

Experience

• Advising on the £110m refinancing of a newly developed office, residential and retail development in central London for a Hong Kong based property investment company.
• Representing a UK based property investor on the complex amendment and restatement of a £10.5m development facility for a logistics and industrial park in Northern England. 
• Acting on the £10.9m refinance of an office block in central London for an ultra-high net worth backed property holding SPV.
• Advising on the financing of the corporate acquisition of a £42m 300-bed purpose-built student accommodation asset located Greater London for a Bahrain based investment fund.
• Representing a GCC investor backed investment advisory firm on the £47.4m refinance of the HQ of a multinational conglomerate in South East England.
• Acting for a shariah compliant bank on the £16.5m refinance by way of a commodity murabaha facility of a development of 27 residential flats in central London with a combined value of £23m.