Faheem focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border real estate finance transactions, advising a broad range of clients across the capital stack, including senior and mezzanine lenders and sponsors, often including back leverage. He has broader experience advising funders and trustees on a variety of structured financing transactions, including data centre financings, social housing financings and private placements. His practice spans secured and unsecured lending, sustainability-linked financing and syndicated financings. Over the course of his career, Faheem has held roles at Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley, where he developed a comprehensive understanding in institutional lending and capital markets.
Representative Matters
Advising:
- a US investment management firm in financing the acquisition and development of logistics assets located in Italy on a €330 million financing
- a London based debt fund on a €525 million facility for the acquisition and development of a 5 star hotel in Marbella, Spain
- a global asset manager in refinancing nine logistics assets located in Poland and the Czech Republic on a €200 million financing*
- a private credit fund on a €450 million facility, financing the development of a portfolio of Dutch private rental sector assets*
- an investment management firm on a €110 million investment facility financing, where the proceeds were used to purchase two Irish private rental sector assets*
- an US investment bank on a €400 million facility, financing the acquisition and development of data centres in France and Germany*
- an US investment bank on a €1.4 billion facility, financing the acquisition and development of data centres in Poland, Netherlands, France and Germany*
- an US investment bank on a £500 million facility, financing the acquisition and development of a chain of hotels in the UK*
- an US investment bank on a €200 million facility, financing the acquisition and development of portfolio of PBSA assets in Spain*
- an US investment bank on a €120 million facility, financing the acquisition and development of portfolio of PBSA assets in Portugal and Spain*
* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin
Advising a German investment bank on financing:
- $1,750,000,000 facilities to Japan Tobacco International*
- £10,000,000,00 bridge facility to GSK*
- $1,400,000,00 term loan and RCF to AngloGold Ashanti*
- €1000,000,00 RCF to Koninklijke Philips N.V*
- €5,000,000,00 RCF to L’Oréal*
* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin
Areas of Practice
Professional Activities
2021-2024 - Greenberg Traurig LLP
2018-2021 - Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Credentials
Education
LLB Law
Middlesex University
Post-Graduate Diploma in Law
The University of Law, Guildford
Admissions
Bars
- England and Wales