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Alice Rubira
Partner, Melbourne
I am a debt finance specialist with broad experience acting for financiers and borrowers in relation to property and construction financings, corporate and acquisition financings and debt reconstruction matters.

My clients know me as unflappable and focused on achieving commercial, practical and timely outcomes for them. I regularly assist borrowers, sponsors, corporates and private capital with sensitive transactions and have significant experience in real estate finance and leverage finance.

Career highlights

Acquisitions

  • Advised Blackrock and Cromwell on the financing of Blackrock's acquisition of a 50% stake in 475 Victoria Street, Sydney from Cromwell.
  • Advised Resimax on its acquisition of the Eynesbury Estate in Victoria.
  • Advised a joint venture between Starwood Capital and Arrow Property Investments on $350million senior syndicated facilities and mezzanine facilities for the acquisition of the Zenith Centre, Chatswood.
  • Advised Hometown Australia on the refinancing of its Australian portfolio (including splitting this portfolio into 4 separate security pools financed by 3 different lender groups) and its subsequent internal restructure.
  • Advising the mandated lead arrangers on the term and working capital facilities to PGIM Real Estate and Manulife in connection with the $850m acquisition of the Fife Portfolio of logistics and industrial assets from the Blackstone Group.

REIT take-privates

  • Advised the syndicate of senior lenders on the $1.187billion takeover and take private of the Propertylink Group by ESR Real Estate (Australia) Pty Ltd.
  • Advised the mandated lead arrangers on $3.1billion on term and working capital facilities to the Blackstone Group for the proposed take-private of the Investa Office Fund.
  • Advising Cliffbrook Capital –on all aspects of Cliffbrook Capital's innovative A/B loan structure, including:
    • $255million facilities to LaSalle Asia Fund for the acquisition of 323 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
    • $336million facilities to the Blackstone Group for its acquisition of a 50% interest in 60 Margaret Street, Sydney.

Alternative capital providers

  • I regularly advise Qualitas, Gresham, Cliffbrook Capital, Metrics Credit Partners and others on alternative capital loans, equity joint ventures, capital raisings and loan-on-loan structures.

Corporates

  • Advising Hometown Australia on the refinancing of its Australian portfolio (including splitting this portfolio into 4 separate security pools financed by 3 different lender groups) and its subsequent internal restructure.

Developers

  • I regularly advise Qualitas, Sekisui House, Resimax Group and others on construction financings, development joint ventures and structuring.

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