Mark is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Finance Practice Groups.
Mark advises a range of senior and mezzanine investment bank and private capital clients in respect of real estate investment and development financing transactions across diverse real estate asset classes (including hospitality, office, residential, student, logistics, cold storage and data) throughout Europe.
Mark is ranked Band 1 for Real Estate Finance – UK wide in Chambers UK 2025, where clients describe him as “very strong and at the forefront of the market” and is recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2025 as a “Leading Partner” for Real Estate Property Finance.
Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mark was Global Head of Real Estate Finance at another major international law firm where he was a partner in both London and Frankfurt.
Mark is admitted to practice in England and Wales and has been practising law for over 25 years.
Mark’s experience includes advising:*
- The syndicate financing the acquisition of the European data centre business of CyrusOne
- The syndicates financing the development of various data centres in the UK and the Netherlands owned by Yondr
- The owner of a large data centre campus in Portugal in respect of its development finance arrangements
- The syndicates financing the acquisition of various portfolios of cold storage warehouses in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany owned by Lineage
- The syndicates financing the acquisition and development of cold storage warehouses in the UK, Germany and France owned by NewCold
- A number of other syndicates financing the acquisition and development of cold storage warehouses in the UK
- The syndicates financing the acquisition of life science parks in the UK managed by Brookfield
- The senior syndicate (and subsequent CMBS) financing the acquisition of life science parks in Germany and the Netherlands owned by TPG
- The syndicates in respect of the insolvency sales of various retail parks originally owned by the Intu group
- The syndicates in respect of a number of PRS schemes in the UK and France
- The syndicates in respect of a number of student accommodation schemes in the UK
- The syndicates in respect of a number of logistics warehouse portfolios across the UK and continental Europe
- An investment bank in respect of the development financing of two office developments with the same sponsor in Paris
- The syndicates in respect of the financing of a number of PRS schemes in the UK
- The syndicates in respect of the financing of various hotel portfolios across the UK and continental Europe
- The syndicates in respect of the financing of various offices across the UK and continental Europe
- The bondholders in respect of various distressed German real estate companies
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Mark’s association with Gibson Dunn.
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Credentials
Education:
- College of Law, London - 1999 Legal Practice Course
- College of Law, London - 1998 Graduate Diploma in Law
- University of Bristol - 1997 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor