Benem Osmankan

Expertise Benem Advises Experience Highlights Career History Testimonials

Senior Associate

Real Estate Finance

+44 (0) 7308 446 814

Expertise

Benem is a Senior Associate specialising in Real Estate Finance, with particular expertise in bridging finance. She acts predominantly for banks, specialist lenders and private investors, advising on a broad range of regulated and non-regulated lending transactions, including bridging, development and commercial finance. Benem regularly acts on complex corporate lending structures, portfolio and acquisition finances, re-financings and cross-corporate transactions, and has experience in time-critical matters, often within demanding timescales. Recognised for a pragmatic and commercially focused approach, Benem provides strategic, solutions-driven advice on complex lending, helping clients to achieve their commercial objectives whilst effectively managing legal risk.

Benem Advises

  • Banks
  • Specialist Bridging Lenders
  • Development finance providers
  • Private investors acquiring residential or commercial property
  • SVPs and corporate borrowing vehicles

Experience Highlights

  • Acting on a complex portfolio financings and acquisitions with compressed timescales
  • Extensive experience acting on complex secured lending transactions involving corporate borrowers and multi-layered security structures.
  • Specialist advisor to banks and bridging lenders on fast-paced bridging finance transactions.
  • Acting on acquisition, development and re-financing transactions across a diverse range of commercial and residential assets.

Career History

Previous Businesses

  • gunnercooke, Senior Associate (April 2026 – present)
  • gunnercooke, Associate (March 2025 – April 2026),
  • Spector Constant & Williams, Associate (March 2024 – March 2025)
  • Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP, Associate (June 2021 to March 2024)
  • First qualified as a Solicitor in September 2020

Education

  • University of Law (LPC and LLM) – Commendation
  • City, University of London – Upper Second Class Degree

Expertise

Back to top

Benem is a Senior Associate specialising in Real Estate Finance, with particular expertise in bridging finance. She acts predominantly for banks, specialist lenders and private investors, advising on a broad range of regulated and non-regulated lending transactions, including bridging, development and commercial finance. Benem regularly acts on complex corporate lending structures, portfolio and acquisition finances, re-financings and cross-corporate transactions, and has experience in time-critical matters, often within demanding timescales. Recognised for a pragmatic and commercially focused approach, Benem provides strategic, solutions-driven advice on complex lending, helping clients to achieve their commercial objectives whilst effectively managing legal risk.

Benem Advises

Back to top
  • Banks
  • Specialist Bridging Lenders
  • Development finance providers
  • Private investors acquiring residential or commercial property
  • SVPs and corporate borrowing vehicles

Experience Highlights

Back to top
  • Acting on a complex portfolio financings and acquisitions with compressed timescales
  • Extensive experience acting on complex secured lending transactions involving corporate borrowers and multi-layered security structures.
  • Specialist advisor to banks and bridging lenders on fast-paced bridging finance transactions.
  • Acting on acquisition, development and re-financing transactions across a diverse range of commercial and residential assets.

Career History

Back to top

Previous Businesses

  • gunnercooke, Senior Associate (April 2026 – present)
  • gunnercooke, Associate (March 2025 – April 2026),
  • Spector Constant & Williams, Associate (March 2024 – March 2025)
  • Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP, Associate (June 2021 to March 2024)
  • First qualified as a Solicitor in September 2020

Education

  • University of Law (LPC and LLM) – Commendation
  • City, University of London – Upper Second Class Degree
Testimonials

Benem's team
Ninos Simon
+44 203 764 1939 Email Ninos LinkedIn
Andreas Panteli
+44 7584 452 857 Email Andreas LinkedIn
Stavros Theophilou
Email Stavros
Natalie Hall
+44 (0)7494 055 350 Email Natalie