Kumar Tewari

Kumar is a partner in the real estate finance group.

Kumar is one of the UK’s leading lawyers for leveraged real estate finance, private credit direct lending and insolvency and restructuring matters. Having practiced as a debt finance lawyer for close to two decades – as well as almost ten years working in the banking industry – Kumar brings a wealth of experience to WFW.

His clients include top global banks, alternative/direct lenders, investors, loan servicers and sponsors whom he advises across different levels of the debt capital stack, notably on senior and mezzanine loan structures, including back-leveraged loan and complex loan-on-loan capital market structures within the real estate space. Kumar is widely respected for having helped establish the LMA Intercreditor Agreement for real estate finance transactions in 2014. He is also highly regarded for his expertise in complex intercreditor arrangements, cross-border private credit transactions, including cross-border FIG lending and general corporate lending, including in the automotive and leasing sector.