We make capital transactions happen.
At RobertDouglas, with a focus on hospitality and leisure assets, we structure and arrange:
Senior and Subordinate Financing
Joint Venture Equity
Hospitality and Leisure Property Sales
Capital Advisory
Capital events are critical to the success of any real estate investment. RobertDouglas brings unrivaled experience advising clients on their capital market alternatives and ensuring the best possible outcomes for their investments.
Not all debt is created equal – we will work with you to tailor financing structures that powerfully support your ownership objectives. Our team has advised on more than $50 billion of hospitality, leisure, and gaming transactions, including many of the largest and most complicated structured financings completed in the industry. As a result, we understand what is achievable in the market and work with clients to deliver the most effective and responsive financing structures and lender relationships.
Our access to capital providers worldwide means that we can assist in arranging every form of financing available in the market for hospitality and leisure assets, including:
Raising equity through a joint venture is often one of the best ways to accelerate an acquisition platform – it’s also one of the most complex. RobertDouglas is a leader in raising joint venture, programmatic and entity-level equity for hospitality acquisitions and recapitalizations. We understand that these transactions require exceptional investor relationships and sophisticated negotiating and structuring experience.
With our combined 50 years of experience, we’re in tune with the nuances of the market. We take the time to understand each client’s needs and objectives and are able to put forward market supportable structures and solutions that attract the right capital partners – from domestic and offshore institutional equity providers to high net worth and family office equity sources.
The principals behind RobertDouglas have completed more than 100 individual property or portfolio sales throughout North America and Asia – including some of the industry’s most iconic properties. We understand that the sale process is the culmination for most owners of a long and careful effort that has focused on maximizing the value of their property through strategic asset management, renovation, and market positioning.
Optimizing the value of our clients’ assets starts with understanding them – and this is where our team members bring their own unrivaled experience. They’ve been asset managers, consultants, F&B managers, appraisers, investors, and lenders, so they understand how to sell the dream. They leverage this experience into the execution of investment sale transactions that help our clients get the most of out what they’ve put in. Selling right.
Confused about your capital options? You are not alone. We’ll help you connect to the one that’s right for you.
The capital markets have never offered such a dizzying array of capital financing possibilities ranging from traditional senior and subordinate financing to preferred and/or convertible equity and heavily structured financings. Our partners have particular expertise in buyer advisory, capital restructuring, auctions, bankruptcy and work-outs.
What does this mean for you? Options. Lots of them – and they can be overwhelming. Based on your overall objectives, we help you sort through the various alternatives, and develop a capital plan that’s right for you.
RobertDouglas Capital, the merchant-banking arm of RobertDouglas, is an active investor in client hospitality projects and companies. The department's main focus is partnering with investment banking clients as a minority-equity investor, however it also makes investments across the risk spectrum, ranging from mezzanine debt to early-stage venture capital. In the last four years, RobertDouglas Capital has invested in six separate hotels and two operating platforms.
