BOUTIQUE REAL ESTATE
CAPITAL ADVISORY FIRM

We specialise in raising equity & debt for real estate companies, platforms, portfolios and transactions across the UK, with a core expertise in the following sectors:

Private Residential

including Build-to-Rent (BTR) and Co-Living

Affordable Housing

Student Accommodation

Care

including Senior Living and Specialist Care

OUR APPROACH

OUR
APPROACH

We stand out as a capital advisory firm due to our all-encompassing approach to:

Preparation of financial underwrite and presentation of deal data room.

Post-closing monitoring of key covenant compliance metrics and financial reporting.

Origination, evaluation and negotiation of funding terms.

Coordination of third-party appointments including valuations and surveys.

Review and negotiation of finance documentation.

Review of redemption, refinancing and disposal options.

Events of default and dispute resolution between financial stakeholders.

OUR COVERAGE

Our relationships with over 600 funders include banks, funds, specialist lenders, family offices and HNWIs.

Our funding solutions stretch across the following structures:

First Charge - Investment, bridge and development finance.
Second Charge/Mezzanine - Investment, bridge and development finance.
Equity - Preferred, ordinary and joint ventures.

OUR TEAM

GINTAS KARPAVICIUS
DIRECTOR

Gintas has over 20 years of real estate and finance experience in the UK and Europe, covering multiple real estate sectors including traditional (commercial offices, retail and logistics) and alternative (student accommodation, residential and hospitality).
Previously worked at major specialist investment manager (LaSalle IM), family-backed investment house (Harbert Management Corporation) and special situations hedge fund (D.B Zwirn & Co).
Past experience covers over £1b of single-asset transactions in acquisition, asset management and disposals.
Graduate of the London School of Economics (LSE), completed all levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.
Besides Octanos Capital Advisory, Gintas is currently involved in principal investment (Providus Capital) and other personal business ventures.

BHAVIK JAYENDRAKUMAR SHAH

Bhavik has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience in the UK as a co-founder of Niveda, delivering real estate development projects across the student accommodation, residential and hospitality sectors.
Past experience covers acquisition, planning, development, operations and disposal of projects across multiple cities within the UK.
Previously raised over £40m of equity (ordinary and preferred) and £60m of debt (senior, mezzanine and deep discount bonds) to finance projects with a combined GDV in excess of £200m.
Read Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), and pursued short courses in Strategic Management and Astronomy at Harvard University.
Besides Octanos Capital Advisory, Bhavik is currently involved in asset management (Niveda), principal investment (Providus Capital) and other personal business ventures.