K&L Gates Strengthens Finance Practice With London Hire

London – Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Gareth McCarter as a partner in its London office. He joins the firm’s Finance practice from Taylor Wessing LLP.

McCarter focuses his practice on the complex and highly structured financings of commercial real estate investments and developments internationally. Particular areas of focus include the financing of international real estate assets, operational real estate including hotels, senior living, and student accommodation, senior/mezzanine structures, and preferred equity lending.

McCarter has extensive experience representing UK, European, and US financial institutions, insurers and debt funds, as well as investors and sponsors. Additionally, he has spent time on secondment with GE Capital, Federated Hermes, and AllianceBernstein.

“We are thrilled to welcome Gareth to the firm,” said Paul Callegari, managing partner of K&L Gates’ London office. “He has demonstrated a keen understanding of complex real estate financings across multiple jurisdictions. I am looking forward to the value he will add to our clients here in London and around the world.”

“Gareth’s impressive experience and market knowledge will be an asset to the firm,” said Stacy Ackermann, leader of K&L Gates’ global Finance practice. “He has successfully guided clients through complex financings and borrowings, which has allowed clients to redevelop, expand, and advance their goals. London is a key market for our global client base, and his addition will strengthen our ability to further this work in the firm’s European offices and globally.”

McCarter’s arrival follows the addition of several new partners who have joined the firm’s global Finance practice since the start of last year including Rob White and Claudine Salameh in Sydney, Sonya Van de Graaff in London, Andrea Spellerberg in Munich, Torsten Limberg in Frankfurt, Chiara Anceschi and her team in Milan, and Duc Nguyen and Samuel Kolehmainen in Singapore.

K&L Gates’ global Finance practice integrates the many disciplines involved in financing and restructuring transactions across markets and industries around the globe. With lawyers in offices across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America, the practice maintains a balance between buy-side and sell-side representation in its work on behalf of lenders, borrowers, servicers, collateral managers, trustees, rating agencies, investors, and other participants in a wide array of financing transactions.