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Harry Reid

Associate

Harry Reid lawyer

Harry advises borrowers and lenders on UK and cross-border financings, including real estate finance, acquisition finance and development finance. He also has an interest in luxury asset financing, including art and cars.

Harry works with private banks and non-bank lenders, including trustees, high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs on financings, including general bank lending, acquisition financing and loans secured against luxury assets.

Harry’s practice also includes real estate financing, covering acquisitions, investments and developments, primarily on high value commercial real estate as well as on prime residential properties.

Private Banks & Wealth Managers

Harry works with private and multinational banks with domestic and cross-border lending transactions.

Private Wealth

Harry has helped various high-net-worth individuals with implementing loans, both secured and unsecured, to finance investments and for working capital. This includes security in respect of luxury assets.

Charities & Cultural Organisations

Harry also has experience working with charities, including the drafting and reviewing of grant arrangements, loans to trading subsidiaries. and advising on loans to charitable entities.

Work highlights

Development and acquisition financing: acted for a private bank on the amendment and restatement of a £150 million facility, incorporating an on demand revolving credit facility, longer term acquisition facilities and mechanics to allow for specific development tranches.

Acquisition financing: advised an ultra-high-net-worth individual on a £62 million financing to acquire a prime London office.

Hotels financing: assisted a private bank on a £80 million financing of a hotel portfolio owned by a borrower group consisting of companies, trusts and limited liability partnerships.

Ultra rare car finance: advised an ultra-high-net-worth individual making a large loan to be secured against multiple rare cars worth in the region of €40 million. This included drafting a loan agreement, a pledge and a warehouseman’s letter as well as advising on the implications of the cars’ varying storage arrangements, eg in France with a third party, in the UK with an affiliate of the borrower or in the UK with a third party.