Key Takeaways
- • Ropes & Gray appointed Dima Orendarets as real estate finance counsel in its London Private Equity Real Estate practice, strengthening the firm's UK and European transaction capabilities.
- • Orendarets brings specialized expertise in senior/mezzanine financings, loan-on-loan structures, private CMBS transactions, and warehousing arrangements, advising both lenders and sponsors on high-profile deals.
- • The hire represents a strategic expansion of Ropes & Gray's real estate finance offering, adding recognized talent from a magic circle firm where Orendarets worked in London and Kyiv.
- • Orendarets has been recognized by Legal 500 UK for the past two years as a leading real estate finance lawyer, validating his market standing in the sector.
- • The London team now positions Ropes & Gray to serve real estate PE sponsors, debt funds, distressed credit funds, and other investors across the full risk spectrum on UK and European transactions.
Summary
Ropes & Gray, a leading global private capital law firm, has appointed Dima Orendarets as counsel in its London-based Private Equity Real Estate practice, marking a strategic addition to its real estate finance capabilities. Orendarets joins the firm with extensive experience advising both lenders and sponsors on a comprehensive range of high-profile real estate finance transactions, including investment and development deals, senior and mezzanine financings, and loan-on-loan structures.
His expertise extends to structured finance arrangements, where he advises financiers and originators on private CMBS transactions and warehousing deals. Orendarets has been recognized by Legal 500 UK for two consecutive years as a leading real estate finance lawyer, underscoring his market prominence. He joins Ropes & Gray from a magic circle law firm, where he worked in both London and Kyiv, bringing international transaction experience to the practice.
The London-based real estate team serves a sophisticated client base including real estate private equity sponsors, debt funds, distressed and special situations credit funds, and other institutional investors on significant UK and European transactions. The practice advises across the full risk spectrum, structuring and executing joint ventures, co-investments, direct and indirect sales and purchases, minority and majority equity stakes, real estate structured finance and back-leverage transactions, real estate M&A, distressed restructurings, sales and leasebacks, and development projects with related financings. The team's deep sector knowledge spans traditional asset deals through complex corporate and finance arrangements with tax-efficient structures, positioning Orendarets' addition as a meaningful reinforcement of the firm's capacity to serve institutional real estate investors and lenders in an increasingly complex market.
His expertise extends to structured finance arrangements, where he advises financiers and originators on private CMBS transactions and warehousing deals. Orendarets has been recognized by Legal 500 UK for two consecutive years as a leading real estate finance lawyer, underscoring his market prominence. He joins Ropes & Gray from a magic circle law firm, where he worked in both London and Kyiv, bringing international transaction experience to the practice.
The London-based real estate team serves a sophisticated client base including real estate private equity sponsors, debt funds, distressed and special situations credit funds, and other institutional investors on significant UK and European transactions. The practice advises across the full risk spectrum, structuring and executing joint ventures, co-investments, direct and indirect sales and purchases, minority and majority equity stakes, real estate structured finance and back-leverage transactions, real estate M&A, distressed restructurings, sales and leasebacks, and development projects with related financings. The team's deep sector knowledge spans traditional asset deals through complex corporate and finance arrangements with tax-efficient structures, positioning Orendarets' addition as a meaningful reinforcement of the firm's capacity to serve institutional real estate investors and lenders in an increasingly complex market.
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