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James Nugent

Associate

James has experience acting for both lenders and sponsors on a variety of UK and European commercial real estate finance transactions across a range of asset classes (including data centres, hotels, logistics, office buildings, and shopping centres).

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • An investment firm on a EUR900m financing in respect of a data centre in Ireland.
  • A global alternative investment manager on a EUR750m financing of a logistics portfolio in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, and the UK.
  • Financial institutions on a GBP132m financing of buildings in London with office, hotel, laboratory and retail use.
  • A financial institution on a EUR123m financing of an internationally renowned hotel portfolio in the UK.
  • Financial institutions on a GBP535m senior/mezzanine financing of residential units in London.

Pro bono

  • Mentoring secondary school students via the A&O Shearman Smarter Futures program and the Social Mobility Network.

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales, 2022

Academic

LLM, Commercial Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2020

Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University, 2019

MBiochem, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Brasenose College, University of Oxford, 2018

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.