Finance

Expertise

• corporate finance including secured and unsecured lending using syndicated, club and bilateral loan structures
• project finance in the infrastructure, energy and PPP sectors including advising on debt and equity documentation, conducting due diligence and undertaking risk analysis and bankability reviews of project documents and sponsor support
• leveraged finance for acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalisations and private equity transactions including senior and mezzanine debt, holding company loans, bridge financings and high-yield debt offerings
• private credit involving direct lending by superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds, credit funds and other private investment firms or institutional investors including family offices and hedge funds
• real estate finance including senior and mezzanine debt for real estate development or acquisition, project due diligence (including planning & environment), joint venture structuring and leasing
• anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) compliance, AUSTRAC enquiries, investigations and enforcement matters
• derivatives that assist clients in managing their interest rate and foreign currency exposures, including over-the-counter ISDA master agreements and credit support arrangements
• debt capital markets including corporate bond issues, high yield bonds, commercial paper, medium term notes, private placements and the Australian aspects of Rule 144A offerings in the United States
• secondary loan market trading including buying and selling loan assets using the standard terms of the Loan Market Association and the U.S. Loan Syndications and Trading Association
• restructuring including advising on debt and capital restructurings, refinancing, distressed asset acquisitions, formal insolvency procedures and insolvency litigation.

Experience

Our finance team represents banks, corporate borrowers, institutional lenders, investment managers, private equity firms, real estate developers, project sponsors and equity investors.