Imran has extensive real estate and real estate finance experience having worked in reputable City law firms and more recently within the Big 4. He has experience advising across the spectrum of real estate assets to include mixed use schemes, residential developments, modular build, PBSA, HMO’s, data centres, industrial, petrol stations, battery storage, offices, retail, healthcare, hotels, pubs and restaurants.
His primary focus is real estate finance where he deals with both LMA and bespoke short term lending transactions acting for both lenders and borrowers in connection with acquisition, refinance and development finance transactions.
He is a trusted adviser to a variety of lender clients for whom he has acted for over the past decade and is valued for his straightforward advice and common-sense approach to legal issues. This is particularly useful when acting for borrowers on complicated financings where his lender experience helps to unlock transaction specific issues and facilitate timely completion.
Recent Transactions include:
- Inter-group transfer and refinance of a mixed-use property portfolio with a facility advance of £50,000,000 from HSBC acting for the borrower.
- Refinance of residential portfolio acting for Emirati Royal Family.
- Refinance facility of circa £40,000,000 of mixed-use prime London properties. Acting for a Swiss Bank.
- Receivership sale of portfolio of London properties for circa £40,000,000.
- Refinance of a mixed-use portfolio acting for Borrower in connection with a term facility with Barclays Banks Plc of circa £40,000,000.
- Refinance of a HMO portfolio with some mixed use acting for a UK Clearing Bank with a term facility of circa £40,000,000.
- Development facility of circa £30,000,000 in connection with a Listed Building at prominent seaside location providing 75 luxury units. Acting for a specialist lender.
- Acquisition of Grade 1 office building in a prime London location acting for a TV celebrity for £24,000,000.
- Development facility of circa £22,000,000 acting for a lender in connection with a mixed-use scheme in the Home Counties.
- Acquisition and partial refinance of a portfolio of petrol stations with a facility of circa £22,000,000. Acting for large bridge lender.
- Acquisition of distressed property portfolio consisting of 250 units valued at £24,000,000. Acting for a challenger bank.
- Acquisition of site for development of a mixed-use scheme in North London with a GDV of £18,000,000.
- Acquisition of two hotels in London valued jointly at £16,000,000. Acting for a challenger bank.
- Acquisition of a portfolio of 35 residential properties pursuant to a CPS disposal with an aggregate facility of £12,000,000. Acting for a large bridge lender.
- Acquisition of 3 sites for the development of a mixed-use scheme in North London with a GDV of £12,000,000.
- Development facility of £10,000,000 for construction of 164 units in M4 corridor. Acting for a large bridge lender.
- Refinance of a portfolio of public houses within greater London area valued circa £8,000,000. Acting for a challenger bank.