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Ian Kynoch

"Ian's approach to negotiation is fundamentally commercial, he always has a very clear idea of which points are important and why." - VP, Major Financial Institution

Partner, Real Estate Finance
London

Expertise

Ian is a Finance transactional lawyer whose clients include banks, insurance corporations and other alternative lenders, developers and asset managers. Ian has a particular specialism in real estate finance and he advises clients on domestic and international property finance transactions (development and investment), including in relation to student accommodation, built to rent/sell, healthcare, logistics and office assets. Ian routinely advises on some of the UK's most high-profile real estate finance transactions, including sustainability-linked and green finance loans, and has also advised clients on some of the Build to Rent sub-sector's "firsts", including the UK's largest build to rent portfolio acquisition to date (where he acted lender-side). Clients value Ian's adroit handling of complex matters and his pro-active handling of instructions, he always manages to find a way to drive matters through to a successful completion.

Experience

Advised Aviva on the provision of £164m debt facilities to a UK listed REIT, which included sustainability-linked tranches
Advised the senior lenders on the financing of the largest build to rent portfolio acquisition in the UK to date
Advised Pension Insurance Corporation as lender on its £129m project financing of a mixed use commercial and student accommodation development in SE London for the London School of Economics and Political Science
Advised Aviva on its development and investment financing of a portfolio of healthcare hubs
Advised a clearing bank on the establishment of a £50m revolving development facility to fund the development of 16 housing developments across the north of England
Advised Pension Insurance Corporation on their acquisition, development and financing of their first ever built to rent scheme at New Victoria, Manchester
Advised University Partnerships Programme (borrower-side) on several development and investment financings including, the £98m Swansea Bay student accommodation financing
Advised Lloyds Bank on the £82m development financing of One Embassy Gardens (the first office development to be built at the Nine Elms development)
Acted for Peel Holdings (borrower-side) on its refinancing of MediaCityUK

Publications

Build to Rent: Cause for Optimism (October 2020)
Registration of Overseas Entities Bill – An Update (October 2019)
The Evolving Scope of Sustainable Finance (July 2019)
The Growth of Green Finance (February 2019)

Education

University of Nottingham – BA History (Hons) First Class
Nottingham Law School – Graduate Diploma Law
University of Law – Legal Practice Course (City)

Professional Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales

Testimonials

Ian Kynoch advises on a range of real estate finance matters, with experience acting for both borrower and lender-side clients. He has notable expertise in the build-to-rent sector. "He was very quick to understand our business and impressed with his knowledge and in keeping us up to date with changes in the market."

Chambers & Partners (2021) – Real Estate Finance (London) – "associate to watch"