Calvin Ng advises clients on a full spectrum of real estate credit transactions across Europe.

Calvin combines extensive experience across product classes with creative problem-solving to represent sponsors, investors, and financial institutions in:

  • Real estate financings and credit investments throughout the capital structure
  • Investments in non-performing loan (NPL) portfolios
  • Establishing and funding European real estate lending platforms
  • Real estate backed structured financings and securitizations 

He serves on the board of trustees of Chats Palace, a community arts center based in East London. 

Calvin’s representative experience includes advising:

  • Cerberus on multiple investments, including:
    • The senior and mezzanine financing of its UK and European logistics platforms
    • Establishing and financing its Spanish residential rental property platform
    • Financing multiple large-scale real estate joint ventures in Spain (with Banco Sabadell, BBVA* and Santander*)
    • The acquisition financing of multiple NPL and real estate owned (REO) portfolios across Europe, including in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, the UK, and Ireland*
  • Waterfall on:
    • Its investment in a number of commercial real estate lending platforms in the UK and associated warehouse financing
    • Multiple asset backed and NAV financings of its European mortgage backed portfolio
    • The acquisition financing of the Project Chamonix portfolio of Spanish NPLs and REOs
  • KKR on: 
    • The acquisition financing of the Project Galapagos portfolio of Spanish NPLs and REOs
    • An Irish development project backed loan-on-loan financing
  • Ares on its preferred equity investment alongside Lone Star into Quintain, a UK property investment and development business
  • Partners Group on a number of its UK real estate financings, including in respect of its logistics strategy
  • An international real estate investor on its mezzanine investment into a residential development in London
  • Alliance Bernstein on the provision of holdco financing to a student accommodation group
  • A sovereign wealth fund on its debt and equity investments into a landmark London department store
  • Goldman Sachs on the warehouse financing of multiple portfolios of re-performing loans in Spain
  • Bank of America on its special situations lending into a UK student accommodation group
  • Barclays Bank on the private warehouse and public securitization financing of Vantage’s UK data centre assets (the first of its kind in EMEA)
  • Deutsche Bank on:
    • Refinancing a portfolio of Greek NPLs acquired from Pireus Bank
    • The securitization financing of a UK and Dutch billboards business
  • CPPIB on its acquisition financing of the Project Anfora portfolio of NPLs and REOs from BBVA*
  • Nomura on multiple:
    • Real estate and real estate backed financings in Germany and Spain*
    • Credit insurance wrapped trade receivables financings in Spain*
  • Davidson Kempner on its:
    • NPL securitization of Banco Montepio originated assets in Portugal*
    • Structured refinancing of certain loans and hospitality assets acquired from Bankia*
  • The sponsor on financing its acquisition of the Omtel Portuguese telecom towers business from Altice*

* Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)
  • New South Wales (Australia)

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Sydney, 2009
  • Bachelor of Commerce, The University of Sydney, 2007
    First Class