Emilie E. Stewart

Emilie’s representative experience includes advising:*

Real Estate Finance

• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the acquisition and financing of a real estate business from a Spanish bank, consisting of a real estate servicing business and a portfolio of real estate assets located primarily in Spain, with a net book value of approximately €7 billion, and related joint venture arrangements

• An international real estate fund in the acquisition of a group owning a real estate asset located in La Defense, Paris, out of an insolvent structure, and the subsequent refinancing of the group
• An international private equity fund for the financing of the acquisition of a government-owned entity holding real estate interests in Germany
• A U.S. private equity fund on the acquisition and financing of a real estate servicing business owning a CRE-backed loan portfolio from the Dutch government

Portfolio Finance

• A global private equity fund in the acquisition of a portfolio of non-performing Irish corporate debt and equity positions with a face value of €2.5 billion and the subsequent work-out of such acquisitions
• A private equity sponsor in connection with the acquisition and financing of a portfolio of nonperforming commercial real estate debts located in Spain and Portugal with a face value of €4.4 billion
• Two special situations investors on the acquisition of various commercial shipping loan portfolios  
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on the financing for their acquisition of a portfolio of residential loan and real estate assets located in Spain, from Banco Sabadell
• On the acquisition and financing of a loan portfolio secured on CRE in CEE for a private credit desk within a bank and its co-investor on the acquisition
• A U.S. private equity sponsor on its bid to acquire, using vendor stapled debt, the Project Helix portfolio of Cypriot real estate-backed corporate loans and other non-performing exposures from Bank of Cyprus

Alternative Capital

• A special situations investor on its convertible debt investment in a Canadian infrastructure company
• Multiple special situations investors on their joint acquisition of Iona Energy, out of an administration and CVA and related financing, co-investment, and management incentive arrangements
• An alternative lender on a number of its credit investments in telecom companies located across the Middle East
• A UK-based sponsor on the bridge financing of a start-up business with intellectual property assets and the subsequent equity and debt investment into such business

Energy and Infrastructure Finance

• An NYSE-listed independent energy company on the refinancing of its debt portfolio secured by producing properties in the UK North Sea
• An O&G corporate on its financing for the successfully completed US$1.4 billion acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in Petrobras Oil and Gas B.V., which owns interests in two of Africa’s largest producing oil and gas assets, located offshore Nigeria
• A UK oil company on its raising of funds through forward sales, prepaid swaps, and production payments
• A U.S. group on aspects of its restructuring and the disposal of its North Sea business

*The above matters were handled by Emilie prior to joining Sidley.

• Law Society of England and Wales