Luke Murphy

Lender

• Advising Blue Water Capital on its GBP 170 million senior loan as part of the GBP 300 million senior/mezzanine refinancing of the The BoTree, a luxury hotel in London’s Marylebone district, being the largest single-asset restructuring deal in Europe since the pandemic.
• Advising an alternative investment firm on its unitranche EUR 100 million mezzanine financing for the EUR 250 million acquisition and development of an Italian ultra luxury hotel.
• Advising NorthWall Capital and Deva Capital on their EUR 120 million Mezzanine loan refinancing of a portfolio of office parks in Sweden, Norway and Finland for Sponsor Kildare Partners, with Citi as arranger of the senior syndicate.
• Advising Mizuho on multiple financings of office, logistics and build to rent assets with prominent private equity sponsors.
• Advising the lender on the refinancing of the London Hilton hotel on Park Lane.

Sponsor

• Advising the borrower on the development financing for multiple student accommodation sites in Spain.
• Advising the borrower on multiple financings and refinancings of luxury brand hotels across London.
• Advising Blackstone on the financing elements of its EUR 21 billion recapitalization of last mile logistics company Mileway, the largest ever private real estate transaction.
• Advising Blackstone on its acquisition and senior/mezzanine refinancing of Dream Global, a pan-European office and industrial portfolio located across Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
• Advising Blackstone on the refinancing of the tallest office building and largest letting in Germany.
• Advising Blackstone on the EUR 2 billion acquisition and senior/mezzanine refinancing of a Spanish portfolio of more than 10,000 residential units.
• Advising Mileway on several of its senior/mezzanine re/financings of urban logistics portfolios located Europe, often involving CMBS structures.

• Member of the Steering Committee of the London office's employee network "BakerOpportunity," which aims to make it easier for people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to access opportunities within the legal sector
• Award-winning mentor to aspiring young professionals
• Regular guest speaker at the University of Law and several diversity and social mobility organisations
• Authored articles in The Guardian newspaper on careers, diversity and social mobility