Transaction Structuring

More than €1 billion structured for third parties.

Quantum Capital Funds places its structuring capability at the service of institutional investors, family offices and corporate sponsors, on real estate acquisitions where the difficulty lies less in the asset than in the structure.

Mandate

Making financeable a transaction that was not.

The team acts on acquisitions already identified by a third party but whose financial or legal structure has stalled: an unsuitable holding structure, debt unavailable on the terms anticipated, a timetable incompatible with the vendor's requirements, or unresolved investor coordination.

The group takes the file at whatever stage it stands, rebuilds the financing plan, approaches lenders directly and, where necessary, redefines the architecture of the vehicles. Remuneration is tied to completion of the transaction.

This activity is conducted under strict confidentiality. The transactions referred to below are disclosed with the agreement of the parties, and within the limits they have set.

Scope of work

Four workstreams.

— 01

Debt sourcing

Sourcing and negotiation of senior and mezzanine debt with European banks and alternative lenders, with terms pre-validated before commitment.

— 02

Legal architecture

Selection and implementation of holding vehicles, including multi-jurisdictional structures spanning the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg.

— 03

Party coordination

Management of advisers, lenders, co-investors and operators through to signing, and during the implementation phase.

— 04

Operator origination

Identification of and negotiation with hotel operators or retail brands able to secure the income stream of the financed asset.

Transactions

Two documented situations.

— 01

Maison Barrière Vendôme

8 rue Castiglione, Paris 1st

Credit structuring Operator origination 5★ hospitality & retail

Quantum Capital Funds structured the financing of this landmark hospitality transaction in the 1st arrondissement and introduced Groupe Barrière as the incoming hotel operator. The scheme combines rue Castiglione with an extension on rue du Mont Thabor, steps from place Vendôme, in a mixed configuration of luxury hospitality and high-end retail.

The difficulty lay in the mixed nature of the income and in the absence, at the outset, of a committed hotel operator. The team ran two workstreams in parallel: structuring the acquisition facility, with covenants negotiated directly with lenders, and originating the operator. The operator's signature secured the financing.

Maison Barrière Vendôme, rue de Castiglione, Paris 1st

Architectural detail, rue de Castiglione

— 02

Îlot Branly

Paris · Seine riverside · facing the Eiffel Tower

Financial structuring Confidential transaction

Quantum Capital Funds contributed to the financial structuring of this landmark riverside transaction facing the Eiffel Tower. The scope of intervention focused on the financing engineering of the acquisition, within a confidential framework preserving the interests of the parties involved.

Counterparties

Who the fund structures for.

— Institutional

Institutional investors

Insurance companies, asset managers and regulated vehicles seeking targeted exposure to European prime real estate.

— Family offices

Family offices

Single and multi-family structures seeking access to off-market assets with a structure suited to their ownership horizon.

— Corporate

Corporate sponsors

Industrial groups and sponsors carrying out refinancings, recapitalisations or acquisitions through dedicated vehicles.

Contact the Institutional & Banking department