Danny Peel

Danny is a partner in the Finance group. He joined the firm as a trainee in 2003 and has been a partner since 2013.

He specialises in real estate finance, fund finance and general corporate lending, with his fluency in both fund and asset-level structures ensuring he can advise on financings at all levels of the capital stack.

Real estate finance

Danny acts for bank and non-bank lenders, real estate funds, real estate-backed corporates, and developers on all aspects of debt financing, including investment and development facilities. He has significant experience across asset classes, with a particular specialism advising private equity funds on financing alternative assets including hotels, senior living, student accommodation, serviced offices and self-storage.

Fund finance

Danny has been a key player in the fund finance market for nearly 20 years'. He has a long-established lender side practice where he regularly advises many of the most active lenders in the market on subscription, co-invest, NAV and hybrid facilities across asset classes and strategies. He also advises a range of Europe's leading asset managers on their fund financings.

Danny speaks and writes extensively on both real estate finance and fund finance matters. He is also ranked by Chambers & Partners in Fund Finance.

RBS Group on subscription, co-invest and NAV facilities in excess of £15 billion made available to major European private equity real estate funds.
Lloyds Bank on subscription facilities made available to infrastructure, private credit and secondaries funds.
Banco Santander on subscription and hybrid facilities made available to open and closed-ended private equity, private equity real estate and private credit funds.
MUFG Bank on a subscription facility made available to an SMA established by one of the world's largest asset managers.
A club of banks led by Wells Fargo on subscription and NAV facilities made available to an open-ended private equity real estate fund.
The lenders on a subscription facility made available to the world's largest ever secondaries fund.
Asset managers across asset classes on subscription, co-invest and NAV facilities for their latest funds
AJ Capital Partners on the financing of its acquisition and redevelopment of hotels in Oxford and Cambridge under the "Graduate" brand.
AJ Capital Partners on the financing of its acquisition and redevelopment of golf hotels in St Andrews, Troon, Royal County Down and Dornoch under the "Marine & Lawn" brand.
Patron Capital on its development framework partnership agreement with a US REIT (and the related finance arrangements) and the financing of its acquisition of business parks and retail destinations across the UK.
A joint venture between MARK and Seven Capital on a £258m facility to develop a 462-home prime residential-led scheme in West London.
Mansford Capital on the financing of its "Student Cribs" portfolio.

Clearbell Capital on numerous facilities, including the financing of its redevelopment of 85 Gray's Inn Road into a life sciences space and its development of a mixed-use business park in Maidstone.
Laxfield Capital on the financing of the acquisition of part of the historic Headley Court Estate site in Epsom, Surrey.
A joint venture between Fimalac and the Hearst Corporation on the refinancing of 30 North Colonnade, Canary Wharf.
Fairview New Homes Limited on the refinancing of its existing debt facilities.
Shepherd Neame Limited on the refinancing of its existing corporate facilities via a new bank facility and a European private placement, secured on its portfolio of public houses and hotels.
Breedon Group plc on the financing of its £455 million acquisition of Lagan Group (Holdings) Limited and its £336 million acquisition of Hope Construction Materials Limited.
Safestore Holdings plc on its £595 million refinancing through a mixture of bank debt and a US private placement and the financing of its acquisitions of the Space Maker and Alligator portfolios.
Impact Healthcare REIT on numerous debt facilities secured on its care home portfolio.
Peel Group on various corporate, real estate and development facilities in excess of £500 million.
Ashby Capital on the refinancing of debt facilities secured on retail parks in Guiseley and Swansea.
Cinnamon Care Capital on the financing of the development and/or operation of care homes across its portfolio.

Danny Peel is hugely experienced in subscription line finance and I have worked closely with him for over 15 years. Danny always ensures that our risks are fully covered whilst still displaying a commercial attitude that also ensures we remain competitive in our market.

Danny is a very capable advisor, with good depth of knowledge and strong commercial awareness.

Danny Peel is extremely friendly. Nothing slips through the cracks but he doesn’t bombard you with irrelevant details. He is very good at flagging the points which the client needs to consider and does so in a way which saves the client time.