
Omega Poole is a member of Brown Rudnick's Finance Group in London. She is a partner in the Real Estate Special Situations Team in London and a senior member of the European debt advisory practice. She also oversees the operations of the Special Situations Team and is a member of the UK Risk Committee.
Omega’s practice has a particular focus on working with family offices and private companies which invest in or finance real estate assets or credit, both single asset and portfolio deals. She provides a range of services from originating new off-market opportunities, to securing and structuring senior, mezzanine and whole-loan financing, introducing co-partners, advising on distressed situations and negotiating and financing debt buy backs and once the deal is structured, managing the transaction and legal documentation process to successful closing.
Immediately prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Omega was a director in the Corporate Finance team at CBRE in London. She has experience providing corporate finance advice on restructuring, recapitalization and capital raising for new real estate opportunities, including unlisted funds, private companies and other investors. She has also worked with private equity clients on loan portfolio sales mandates.
Representation
Advising on an income strip deal on a regional UK retail asset.
Securing competitive senior and mezzanine financing for a c£350 m central London hotel acquisition.
Advising a US family office fund on multi-jurisdictional c€250 m real estate portfolio restructuring.
Advising a Middle-Eastern hotel investor on a joint venture agreement with a European hotel operator.
Advising a private client on restructuring and enforcement options for a bridge facility.
Facilitating internal best practice transaction management training session for European real estate investor.
Advising on financing of a circa £50 m mixed use scheme acquisition.
Advising a European property company in respect of a distressed portfolio of assets in Eastern Europe.
Recently advised a US family office on the acquisition of a circa £70 m bank debt including advising on the enforcement and strategy.
Securing competitive senior financing and navigating complex security considerations for the acquisition by a UK based family office of a €120 m prime hotel asset in Germany.
Advising various sponsors in negotiations with a US hedge fund on the refinancing and buy back strategy for their secured facilities.
Advising a developer on the senior and mezzanine financing of a 150,000 sq ft residential development in East London including navigating complex intercreditor issues.
Advising a private company on a debt buy back strategy for its portfolio of 73 UK regional assets and securing senior and mezzanine financing terms.
Advised a South African family office on the refinancing of a portfolio of 57 Dutch high street retail assets.
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