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Transactions - Hotel and Resort Financing “global connections” Acquisition of 46 Marriott-branded hotels Millennium and Copthorne Hotels Banyan Tree Resort, Seychelles “genuine understanding of the hotel industry” Acted as BVI adviser to the Royal Bank of Scotland in connection with its £951.4 million acquisition of 46 Marriott-branded hotels from a joint venture of leisure firm Whitbread Plc and Marriott International Plc. Advised the Royal Bank of Scotland regarding the on-sale and the financing involved in the £1 billion sale of the portfolio of 46 Marriott-branded four-star hotels to a subsidiary of Israel’s Delek Belron Real Estate and a selection of partners, including Electra Real Estate and Quinlan Private. Acted as listing agent in connection with the listing on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange of a series of unsecured redeemable loan notes issued by Millenium and Copthorne Hotels plc pursuant to a £500 million Loan Note Issuance Programme. Acted as advisor to Banyan Tree Resort (Seychelles) Limited in negotiating a joint venture agreement to develop land owned by Banyan Tree adjacent to the resort into resort residences. 6 www.ogier.com
Transactions - Private Offshore Hotel and Resort Holding Structures “innovative, practical and commercial advice” “We offer clients the strength in depth to handle the largest, most demanding and complex offshore transactions” “wealth of international knowledge” Shangri-La, ‘Shard of Glass’, London Acted as legal adviser to Qatar Islamic Bank and other investors in the ‘Shard of Glass’ development project (including the Shangri-La Hotel - Europe’s tallest hotel) in the London Bridge Quarter, London. Marrakech Resort Residences - Fractional Ownership Structure Advised on the offshore holding structure for a Marrakech resort development including integrated real estate unit trusts for a high end fractional ownership residence complex Moorfield hotel fund Provide administration services to a special purpose vehicle which owns and advised on the acquisition of 24 regional hotels in the United Kingdom from Macdonald Hotels Limited with an investment value in excess of £440 million on behalf of Moorfield Real Estate Fund. Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London Acted as legal adviser on the structuring of the purchase of a long lease of the Chelsea Harbour Hotel by a Jersey property unit trust which acquired the long leasehold interest in the hotel. Also provided administration services to the trustees of the Jersey property unit trust and provide directors for the trustees. aAIM Acting in connection with the establishment of a complex holding structure on behalf of aAIM to acquire a portfolio of hotels with a value of approximately £270 million. Hotel Unit Trust funds Acted as legal advisers in connection with the acquisition by a property unit trust fund structure of a limited partnership which then acquired hotel investments. Also advised on the establishment of the limited partnership and general partner entity as well as financing of the hotel investments. Prestigious central London hotel Acted on the establishment of a company to effect the structured acquisition of a prestigious central London hotel on behalf of a private investor for a value in excess of £100 million. Moorfield Hotel Fund The establishment and administration of unit trusts in order to facilitate the acquisition by the Moorfield Real Estate Fund of a portfolio of hotels worth approximately £110 million. Luxury resort in the Turks and Caicos Provide ongoing private client and trust related advice to a high net worth family in connection with the ownership of a luxury resort in the Turks and Caicos. Shearings Holidays Provide set up and administration services to offshore property unit trusts which own 43 hotels throughout the United Kingdom which are leased to Shearings Holidays. Mitchells and Butlers Provide set up and administration services to offshore companies and limited partnership which own a number of hotels in the United Kingdom operated by the Swallow Group and leased to Shearings Holidays and Mitchells and Butlers. Special purpose vehicles Provide administration services to a number of special purpose vehicles which own the legal title to various hotel, resort and leisure property assets held under offshore structure. Morethan Hotels Provided company secretarial and registered office services to an offshore company in connection with the ownership of the entire issued share capital of Morethan Hotels Limited worth £21 million. Morethan Hotels own a portfolio of 12 boutique hotels. Portfolio of luxury hotels Provide administration services on behalf of a Middle East investor for a number of onshore and offshore companies through which a portfolio of luxury hotels held. Offshore Solutions for Hotel and Resort Investment 7
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