Barker, Andrew D.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Andrew Barker represents investment banks, commercial banks, private equity funds, hedge funds, mezzanine lenders, and corporate borrowers on a wide variety of transactions, with a particular focus on domestic and cross-border debt and structured finance.

He has particular experience in the area of real estate finance and has advised on a number of high-profile transactions including Delancey and AREA's recent public bid for Minerva plc as well as Signature Capital's acquisition of the Neumarkt in Cologne out of German insolvency proceedings.

His real estate practice encompasses investment loans, development loans, warehouse loans, and CMBS as well as privately placed notes, mezzanine lending, and various shari'ah compliant products. He also has acted on a number of highly innovative distressed real estate transactions for both private equity investors and investment banks and has structured trades of distressed commercial loans and NPLs.

Outside of the real estate sector he represents clients on a variety of financing transactions in sectors including telecoms, media, natural resources, aviation, and health care, in both developed and emerging markets.

Clients which Andrew represents include AREA Property Partners, Babson Capital, CBRE Investors, Delancey, Goldman Sachs, Goodman Industrial Trust, Macquarie, MSREF, RREEF, and TPG.

Andrew lectures on various aspects of banking and finance law and has published a number of papers including on debt buybacks and structuring NPL transactions.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance
• Africa Practice

Representative Cases

• Arlington Business Parks acquires controlling interests in Hammersmith
• Arlington Business Parks completes refinancing
• Arlington companies acquire business units of Aberdeen Asset Management
• Arlington Securities obtains facilities for purchase of Hadley Portfolio
• CalEast and Gazeley joint venture restates and extends financing with Eurohypo
• Concateno acquires Altrix Healthcare , (2009)
• Connaught sells majority of maintenance and service contracts to Lovell , (2010)
• DCD Holdings acquires Devonshire House
• DCD Holdings acquires landmark office building in London's Covent Garden
• DCD obtains loan facility for Hayes business park purchase
• DV4 acquires Oakmayne Plaza through purchase of senior secured loan from Royal Bank of Scotland , (2011)
• DV4 participates in consortium to acquire Minerva , (2011)
• First Rand Bank provides acquisition facility for AEA International's acquisition of International SOS Assistance
• First Rand provides facilities for SICAV funds
• GELF obtains €230 million facility arranged by Eurohypo AG and The Royal Bank of Scotland , (2009)
• GELF obtains financing for the acquisition of logistics assets , (2009)
• Goodman European Business Park Fund obtains development facility for Spanish business park , (2009)
• Goodman European Business Park Fund obtains facility for acquisition of properties in Germany , (2009)
• Goodman European Business Park Fund obtains funding for acquisition of business park in Madrid , (2009)
• Goodman European Logistics Fund completes restatement of increased €767 million credit facilities arranged by Eurohypo Bank AG and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc , (2010)
• Goodman Finance (Lux) arranges credit facility for acquisitions , (2009)
• Goodman Industrial Trust obtains AU$4 billion credit facility , (2009)
• Goodman Industrial Trust obtains facility for acquisition and development of European properties , (2009)
• Goodman Industrial Trust obtains facility for acquisition of share capital of Eurinpro International , (2009)
• Goodman subsidiary-managed Arlington Business Park Partnership fund increases facility for acquisition of Akeler companies by ABPP , (2009)
• Hagemeyer refinances existing debt
• HeidelbergCement completes €8.7 billion refinancing , (2009)
• Inflexion Private Equity acquires Aspen Pumps and BBJ Engineering , (2009)
• Inflexion Private Equity acquires Eurotel Holdings in MBO , (2009)
• Inflexion Private Equity completes management buyout of Ideal Shopping Direct
• JPMorgan Cazenove completes IPO for £191.6 million of Ordinary Shares by Talvivaara Mining Company Ltd. , (2009)
• LaSalle forms joint venture with CalEast Global , (2009)
• LaSalle obtains financing for JV between CalEast and Gazeley , (2009)
• Lioncourt Capital finances acquisition of Jarvis Hotels
• Macquarie Bank provides €50 million financing for Hatfield Asset Holding in Masterlease France and Masterlease Belgium acquisitions
• Macquarie Goodman acquires Akeler Holdings for $1.2 billion , (2009)
• Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust acquires portfolio of properties for $413 million , (2009)
• Metro Shopping Fund obtains financing for Wandsworth Southside acquisition , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley acquires Executive Offices Group for $386 million
• Morgan Stanley arranges credit facility for Armstrong Insulation buyout
• MSREF invests in Ask Investments , (2009)
• MSREF participates in recapitalization of Songbird Estates and associated debt buyback of £880 million senior loan facility , (2009)
• New Tribeca merges with Tribeca Property for $258 million
• River Court Properties obtains £246 million facilities
• Riverside acquires business unit of GE
• Signature Capital acquires Neumarkt-Galerie through bidding process , (2011)
• Sovereign Capital acquires fostering agencies , (2009)
• Standard Bank London arranges loan to Vodacom entities
• Standard Bank provides loan facility to Timan Oil & Gas
• Wachovia extends financing to carpet producer and subsidiaries

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Eminent Domain, International Banking, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Savings & Thrifts, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Title Insurance, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• College Law - London
• Oxford University - England

Published Works

• Coeur Défense: The Application of the Safeguard Procedure, 2011
• Investing in distressed real estate, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2009
• Borrowers with Pension Schemes: Risks and Issues for Lenders in the United Kingdom, 2009
• Enforcing security: the challenges, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2009
• Credit Crunch - Defaulting and Insolvent Lenders in today's loan market, Butterworth's Journal of International Banking and Finance Law, Vol. 24, 2009
• Defaulting and insolvent lenders in today’s loan market, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2009
• Market Disruption Clauses in Syndicated Loan Agreements, 2008
• Market disruption clauses in syndicated loan agreements, The Bulletin, 2008
• Growth of UK NPL market, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2008
• Emergence of UK Sub Prime, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2008
• Debt Buybacks, TheLawyer.com, 2008
• Mandatory Costs and the Liquidity Crisis, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2007

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