Rehan Hanif is a partner in the debt finance practice of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP in London.
Rehan has a broad range of banking and finance experience, with a focus on cross-border real estate finance transactions. He acts for lenders, arrangers, private equity sponsors and other real estate investors advising them on financing and restructuring of senior and mezzanine real estate debt. His experience includes advising on commercial investment property financings, development finance, hotel financing and loan-on-loan finance. Rehan also has experience of complex Islamic Finance structures having worked in the Middle East.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Rehan worked on the following matters:
A debt fund as mezzanine lender financing the acquisition of a €1.3 bn logistics portfolio.
A debt fund on the origination of over €1bn of facilities financing investment and development real estate.
A debt fund on its investment as secondary market participant in a syndicated mezzanine loan.
A debt fund as sponsor on a €150m senior and mezzanine acquisition facility for European real estate.
A debt fund as lender of a €90m facility refinancing Dutch real estate.
A debt fund on a facility to finance its sub-participation in a loan portfolio.
A debt fund as borrower of over €300 million of loan on loan facilities.
A debt fund as borrower for a €70m warehouse facility for loan on loan finance.
A debt fund as sponsor for a £90m investment facility to refinancing London real estate.
Deutsche Bank on the issuance of over €1.5bn of multi-loan CMBS notes.
The UK branch of a Middle East bank as Senior Lender on a £420m murabaha development facility for a London residential development project.
A Middle East lender on a £280m murabaha investment facility for a London real estate asset.
A Middle East syndicate on a murabaha development facility for UK student housing project.
Advised on a UAE lender funded $360m conventional and Islamic dual-tranche facility.
Advising a Middle East bank on its $800m murabaha financial institution facility provided by a 12 bank club.
Prior Experience
Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP, Dubai
Senior Associate, 2019–2022
Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP, London
Associate, 2014–2019
DLA Piper UK LLP, Birmingham
Associate, 2012–2014
Trainee Solicitor, 2010–2012
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2012, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
The University of Law, BirminghamLegal Practice Course2010
