Stuart Blacklock
Stuart Blacklock

Stuart Blacklock

Partner

London

+44 20 7859 2611 | +44 7919 326 530
Stuart.Blacklock@ashurstperkins.com

Introduction

Stuart advises some of the world's most sophisticated sponsors and financial institutions on all types of structured real estate finance transactions.

Stuart Blacklock is a partner in the London real estate finance practice. Stuart has over 10 years' experience acting for both sponsors and lenders in complex real estate finance transactions, including cross-border mandates, development finance and transactions involving restructuring and distress. Stuart has acted on a number of high-profile matters, advising UK, US and European banks, funds and private capital sponsors across the full spectrum of asset classes, including substantial portfolio transactions and the financing of cross-border non-performing real estate debt.

  • Almacantar | 2026 | in connection with the £285 million refinancing of One and Two Southbank Place, London.
  • Rothesay Life Plc | 2025 | in connection with a £400 million investment facility for Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF).
  • Rothesay Life Plc | 2024 | in connection with the refinancing of New Maker Yards, a substantial build-to-rent development in Manchester operated by Get Living Plc.
  • A lending syndicate | 2024 | in connection with the €350 million refinancing of Dundrum Town Centre, one of the largest retail and leisure destinations in Ireland.
  • Korean investors | 2024 | in connection with the €273 million refinancing of a portfolio of logistics centers in the UK, Spain and France.
  • A leading family office | 2023 | in connection with the £400 million refinancing of one of London's most significant landmark hotels. 
  • Octopus Healthcare Fund | 2022 | in connection with a £350 million simultaneous double refinancing and group reorganization.
  • ARA Dunedin / ARA Asset Management | 2021 | in connection with the acquisition financing of Marble Arch Place, London, a £280 million mixed-use asset in central London.
  • Oaktree Capital Management and CompassRock | in connection with the acquisition financing of a platform of forward-purchased build-to-rent properties in the UK
  • Eldridge Capital Management | on the provision of more than £1 billion in development facilities for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and build-to-rent development schemes in the UK.

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