James Esterkin

Matters undertaken since joining Kirkland & Ellis: 

• Brookfield:
  • on the €1.089 billion recommended cash offer for Hibernia REIT 
  • on the all-cash voluntary public takeover offer for Befimmo SA
  • on the financing for its bid to acquire the £4 billion+ iQ student accommodation portfolio
  • on the financing of its acquisition of a high-end student accommodation campus in Paris
  • on its £3bn consortium approach for Intu plc
  • on the financing for its c.€430 million acquisition of a portfolio of serviced apartments in the UK and the Netherlands
• SOF-12 Cambridge BidCo Limited, owned by Starwood Funds, on the c. £467.9 million recommended cash offer for RDI REIT
• AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets on the acquisition of the Kadans Science Partner platform
• Hospital Topco, majority owned by Centerbridge and KKR, on the c.£1.8 billion disposal of BMI Healthcare and the GHG Group
• Bain Capital Credit:
  • on the financing of its acquisition of a €1.4bn portfolio of non-performing loans in Greece from Piraeus Bank
  • on the financing of its acquisition of a €700m portfolio of Spanish NPLs and properties from Kutxabank
  • on the financing of its staged acquisition of a portfolio of residential and commercial properties in Italy from Intesa (formerly forming part of Intesa’s non-performing loan book) for approximately €100m
• Blackstone on its acquisition of a portfolio of European logistics assets from Marathon (in partnership with Industrial Securities, part of MARCOL) for €492 million
• GLP on the c.€1.1 billion financing of its c.€2.4 billion acquisition of European logistics business IDI Gazeley from Brookfield

Matters undertaken prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis:

• Blackstone:
  • on the financing of a number of Spanish loan-to-own residential mortgage portfolios and platforms
  • and Logicor on the financing of their €233m acquisition of Rockspring’s French logistics portfolio
  • on the senior and mezzanine financing of its acquisition of a €1.28bn portfolio of Dutch, German, Danish and French light industrial assets from Hansteen Holdings
  • and M7 on the senior and mezzanine financing of the estimated £600m acquisition of a UK portfolio of 130 light industrial assets from Brockton Capital and Dunedin Property
  • on the £320m senior refinancing by Morgan Stanley of the Devonshire Square mixed-use estate in the City of London
  • on the financing of its acquisition and development of Biomed Realty Trust’s biomedical centres in Cambridge
  • on the €91m senior financing by Erste Bank of the acquisition of a portfolio of 12 logistics assets and development sites in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland
  • and Logicor on the senior term financings of the acquisition of various Dutch and pan-European logistics portfolios
  • and Multi on the €210m refinancing of the Magnolia Park Shopping Centre in Wroclaw, Poland by ING, PBB Deutsche and PKO
  • on the financing of European real estate assets purchased as part of its $23 billion acquisition of real estate assets from GE Capital
  • on the £120m senior financing by BNPP of the multi-let Cannon Bridge House office building in the City of London
  • on multiple financings and loan assumptions in respect of its €2.7 billion acquisition of a Nordic multi-use property portfolio from funds managed by Obligo Investment Management AS
  • on the senior financing of the acquisition of the Times Square office building in the City of London
  • on the financing by ING of the acquisition of a €140m prime luxury retail building in Paris
  • in relation to the financing of the European real estate assets purchased as part of its $23 billion acquisition of real estate assets from GE Capital
  • in relation to multiple financings and loan assumptions in respect of its €2.7 billion acquisition of a Nordic multi-use property portfolio from funds managed by Obligo Investment Management AS
  • on the financing of the acquisition and development of Biomed’s biomedical centres in Cambridge
  • on the senior and mezzanine financing of its £600m acquisition of Project Sunflower - a UK light industrial portfolio
  • on the senior and mezzanine financing of its acquisition of a €1.28bn portfolio of Dutch, German, Danish and French assets from Hansteen Holdings
  • on various ongoing management issues in relation to the financing of the Portuguese Almada and Motijo and Spanish Espacio Leon shopping centres
  • on the financing of the acquisition of €1.1bn of mortgage debt from NAMA
  • in relation to the €91m senior financing of the acquisition of a logistics portfolio in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Poland with Erste Bank Group
• Multi Corporation:
  • on the amendment of credit arrangements in relation to the redevelopment of an office complex in Rotterdam
  • on the refinancing of various Polish shopping centres
• Round Hill Capital:
  • on the financing of its €250m investment in the luxury Palo Alto real estate development project
  • in relation to the financing of the acquisition and development by a joint venture vehicle of Spanish residential assets
• Barclays Plc in relation to the £146m clubbed term development facility for Ronson Capital Partners in relation to Riverwalk — a Thames-side luxury residential building
• Lloyds in relation to a £266m syndicated term loan facility for Peel Holdings in relation to its regional real estate portfolio
• Resolution Holdings in relation to the £125m corporate sale of a national retail property portfolio to KKR

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, London

• Associate, 2013–2017

Berwin Leighton Paisner, London

• Associate, 2013
• Trainee Solicitor, 2011–2013