I lead our real estate advisory practice. I'm a high-performing, strategic, and innovative senior leader with over 35 years’ experience, having overseen more than £30 billion of complex financial transactions across real estate, private equity, financial services (particularly banking) and the public sector.
I've worked in multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and continental Europe. These experiences exposed me to a broad range of businesses and cultures, as well as multiple economic cycles. Consequently, I have strong commercial awareness, technical, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
The real estate team is dedicated to delivering a fully-integrated suite of services tailored to our clients' needs. These include debt advisory, corporate finance, M&A, loan advisory, due diligence, tax, and restructuring. By combining deep financial expertise with a comprehensive understanding of the real estate market, we provide high-quality advice and solutions for every challenge or opportunity.
We work across a broad spectrum of real estate sectors, including living, office, industrial, retail, and hotels, as well as higher and further education, healthcare, and other specialised areas.
Our clients include investors, developers, and operators as well as private equity sponsors, banks, and alternative non-bank lenders.
Away from the office I enjoy spending time with family, including my granddaughter, and am a passionate football fan.
Selective capital, resilient income and ESG‑ready assets: Ian Guthrie outlines where UK real estate is heading in 2026—and how our advisory team helps you act.
Significant Risk Transfers, or SRTs, have quietly grown from a specialist solution into a mainstream feature of European banking, and a compelling opportunity for credit investors. They sit at the crossroads of two significant trends: banks looking to manage risk and optimise capital, and investors searching for yield and diversification in a market where spreads remain tight.
The UK real estate sector must navigate refinancing risks, private credit exposures, and regulatory reckoning. Ian Guthrie explains how firms can adapt to this new era of transparency, leverage and regulatory scrutiny.
