Partner

Anna Christou

Real Estate Finance

Anna has a wealth of experience acting for borrowers and leading UK buy-to-let lenders, bridging lenders, challenger banks and building societies on regulated and unregulated loans. She advises across multiple asset classes and brings extensive expertise across the full spectrum of real estate finance transactions.

Commercially minded and technically strong, Anna helps clients structure, negotiate and deliver investment and portfolio finance transactions with clarity and confidence. She is valued for her ability to balance legal precision with pragmatic, commercially focused advice.

A natural people person, Anna builds strong relationships by investing time in understanding her clients and their business needs. This enables her to provide advice that is practical, forward-thinking and aligned with their strategic objectives.

Recent Experience

  • Acting for a term lender on an £18.3m loan secured over 29 properties comprising over 120 tenancies.
  • Acting for a term lender on a £7.5mil loan secured over a 30 unit retail site in 5 days.
  • Acting for a buy-to-let lender on a £7m loan secured over 10 new build flats.
  • Being a key member of the team that assisted a banking client grow a loan book from £60m to £2.5bn in a little under three years.
  • Acting for borrower on an £8.5m refinancing of a site in central London in a matter of days.
  • Acting for borrower on an £18m refinancing of a portfolio of 120 residential properties.