Samant Narula

Partner

London

Partner and Practice Group Leader - Real Estate UK

Biography

Samant Narula is experienced in a broad range of corporate real estate matters with a particular emphasis on investment work for private equity real estate funds, domestic and overseas institutional investors including pension funds as well as property companies and a variety of lenders.

He provides advice to clients on joint venture arrangements, and recently advised Northwood Investors on its joint venture with Platform_ in creating a new UK focused BTR platform .
He advises clients on acquisition and sale structures. He has recently advised overseas clients on the purchase of debt positions. He is experienced working at all levels of the capital stack.
He acts for a number of lenders (senior and mezzanine) and has advised on both investment and development finance. Also advises investors and lenders on the purchase of non-performing loan portfolios, and on the purchase of tranches of debt.

Samant advises clients on the use of a variety of corporate structures and the purchasing of different types of corporate entities.

£3b

Over the past 2 years, Samant has advised on over £3 billion worth of deals, leading multi-disciplinary teams on complex high value transactions across a range of sectors including offices, student, BTR/Multi-family, hotels, logistics, retirement living and retail.

1,359 beds

Advising on the acquisition of two newly-built student accommodation assets of 1,359 beds.

34-acre

Advised on the sale of a 34-acre complex which includes just over 500,000 sq. ft. of warehousing in a prime west London location.

Samant is a member of the Association of Real Estate Funds (“AREF”).

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England and Wales

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Experience

Advising Northwood Investors, on the creation of a new £1 billion BTR joint venture platform with developer Platform_. We are advising on the structuring, real estate, construction and planning DD. We also advised on the financing of the 3 seed assets and the joint venture documentation.
Advising Henderson Park, the pan European Private Equity Real Estate Firm, on the disposal of 66 Shoe Lane London for £255 million to a consortium of Asian Investors. We advised on the acquisition of the building and our multi-disciplinary team advised on the pre-let to Deloitte as well as on planning and construction matters.
Advising Ares Management Corporation on its acquisition of two newly-built student accommodation assets for £157.5 million via a joint venture with Generation Estates. The two assets comprise 1,359 beds in the cities of Exeter and Cardiff.
Acting for Ares Management Corporation on its acquisition of BASE Glasgow, a purpose-built student accommodation asset for £35 million via a joint venture with Generation Estates. The 301-bedroom scheme was developed by the seller, Soller, and is situated in Glasgow.
Advised Federated Hermes on its sale of Perivale Industrial Park to an SPV of Segro PLC for £202.5 million. Perivale Industrial Park is a 34-acre complex which includes just over 500,000 sq. ft. of warehousing in a prime west London location. The successful sale demonstrates that the industrial and logistics sector has stood up to the Covid-19 pandemic and that there is liquidity in these assets.
Advising Tristan Capital Partners on its acquisition of the Jersey unit trust that owns Reading International Business Park for £112.5 million and the subsequent refinance with ICG-Longbow.
Advising Korean investors HANA and Kiwoom on the purchase and finance of the Sanctuary Building for over £280 million. We then advised the investors on the subsequent disposal to L&G for around £300 million. The transaction involved the sale of a structure that we had set up which was unique for this group of investors.
Advising Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund, KWAP, on the purchase of one of the UK’s largest logistics unit which is let to Amazon for a price in excess of £160 million. The transaction involved the purchase of a Luxembourg SPV.
Advising KAIM, who were representing Korean institutional giant Hana Financial Group, on the £175 million purchase of the Gallagher Retail Park near Birmingham. It was one of the largest Asian acquisitions seen in the UK regions and the first Korean acquisition of a retail park.
Advising Hermes/CPPIB Joint Venture on the sale of Aldgate House for over £180 million to Singaporean investor CDL.
Advising Tristan Capital Partners on the acquisition of the units in 103 Colmore Row Unit Trust, which owns 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham. The property is situated in a prime location in Birmingham and has planning permission to develop a landmark 26 storey office building with restaurant space. We also acted on the subsequent development financing.
Advising Henderson Park on the purchase of Athene Place, London for over £100 million.
Advising Ashby Capital on the purchase of 127 Kensington High Street and Kensington Arcade from Columbia Threadneedle for around £185 million and the finance with Deutsche Bank.
Advising Balmain Asset Management Group on its Joint Venture with Sonae Sierra, an international retail real estate company. Balmain is an experienced operating partner and multi-disciplined service provider with a strong pedigree in European retail and leisure assets. The transaction involved Sierra acquiring a 50% stake in Balmain's Central European platform, forming 'Sierra Balmain'.

Samant Narula

Samant Narula

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