Keegan is an Associate in the Real Estate Finance team. He has experience working for both borrowers and lenders in real estate finance and general banking and finance transactions, including working with clearing banks, non-bank lenders, investment management firms, private equity sponsors, high net worth individuals, property developers, and Islamic banks.
Keegan has experience working in the financing of the acquisition and development across a variety of asset classes, including but not limited to luxury retail, luxury accommodation, large-scale developments, hotels, logistics, greenfield development, retail centres, life sciences, care homes and student accommodation.
Keegan is skilled in working on complex matters which involve portfolio financing, financings that span multiple jurisdictions, and also has experience in restructurings, loan-on-loan financings and enforcement scenarios.
Key Experience
- Acting for a large sponsor-developer in the financing of a portfolio of retail sites.
- Acting for an Islamic bank in the financing of a portfolio of student accommodation across the Midlands.
- Acting for a large bank on the £200m of a logistics portfolio.
- Acting for a high-net-worth individual in the financing of various luxury residential assets in Mayfair.
- Acting for various large sponsors on loan-on-loan financings.
- Acting for a private equity lender in the financing of a 250-house greenfield residential development in New Zealand.
Career History
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate (New Zealand qualified), Mayer Brown International LLP
Senior Solicitor, Buddle Findlay
University of Auckland, Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws (Honours)