SARAH ROCHELLE

Sarah is a highly experienced commercial property lawyer extensive commercial real estate. She is committed to offering expert legal advice on real estate transactional matters with experience of working with a varied client base in a demanding and ever-changing environment.

Sarah is an outstanding communicator and uses a collaborative approach to develop successful and sustainable working relationships with clients, other team members and business services staff alike. She is experienced at leading transactional teams and creating and delivering training initiatives.

Work Highlights

• Advised Gaw Capital Advisors (on behalf of a Korean consortium) on the disposal of a corporate vehicle holding Waterside House, Paddington, London, the global headquarters of Marks & Spencer Plc, for circa £220 million.

• Acted for Bain Capital on the acquisition and financing of the 72-room Park Lane Mews Hotel and 17 adjacent residential units in Mayfair, London.

• Advised Cheyne Capital on the provision of a £93,000,000 loan facility to FI Real Estate Management in connection with a reorganisation and refinancing of its existing property portfolio comprising both investment and development assets.

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• Acted for Cheyne Capital in relation to a £173,000,000 development loan facility made available to Quintain in connection with its continued development at Wembley Park to create a mixed-use scheme providing build to rent residential apartments, parking and retail.

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• Advised LKK/Infinitus on its refinancing of the iconic Walkie Talkie building (also known as 20 Fenchurch Street). The £600,000,000 term loan facility was made available by Bank of China and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

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• Acted for TD Asset Management in relation to the financing of Talisker's acquisition of The Cube, the 500,000 sq. ft landmark mixed-use building located in Birmingham's city centre.

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• Acting for funds managed by Permira credit arm on their acquisition of a large portion of the stationery retailer Paperchase, a move which rescued the business from administration.