With many years’ experience and expertise in secured lending, our Commercial Property solicitors can help you to understand the risks involved. We can guide you safely and securely through the documentation required to support secured lending whilst providing pragmatic advice and understanding the commercial nature of property finance deals. Our Commercial Property solicitors appreciate that secured lending is often critical to the successful completion of a property deal and are able to work to tight deadlines and time constraints. We look to work collaboratively with lenders and their solicitors to ensure that issues that arise are dealt with proactively, with a focus on drawdown.
Our Commercial Property solicitors act for clients who require funding for single property acquisitions, as well as those with large property portfolios, or development financing, and are experienced in dealing with commercial lending against a range of securities including:
If you are borrowing money, we can guide you through the process whilst ensuring that the lender’s requirements are fully satisfied. We will check the strict requirements of loan documents and make amendments to minimise the risks to you. Our Commercial Property solicitors provide secured lending advice for property transactions not only with traditional institutional lenders like banks and building societies but also alternative sources of finance from venture capitalists, trusts and private lenders.
Contact Frances Watts, Head of our Commercial Property Team, to see how we can help with your commercial real estate finance needs on f.watts@thpsolicitors.co.uk or T: 0118 9209 499.
Our Commercial property team have advised on a breadth of security documentation that may be required for financing, the most common being:
In circumstances which wouldn’t give rise to a conflict, we can act for both a lender and a borrower.
Often, though, in commercial or real estate facilities, a lender will require separate representation for themselves and the borrower. We have experience of acting for both lenders and borrowers, and at the start of each transaction, we look to build a working relationship with the other side to ensure obstacles are headed off at the pass and all sides are aware and working towards the timescales required by that particular transaction.
We find this model has allowed us to deliver slicker transactions, ultimately achieving what our clients need balanced against advising on the risks associated with lending for both sides.
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