Professional Qualifications

Areas of expertise

• Acting for Westpac Banking Corporation as arranger and lead manager on the $100 million residential mortgage backed securitisation for NZF Group

• Acting for the bank financing the equity investment in a steam field and electricity generation project in the central North Island
• Acting for Anchorage Capital Pty Ltd on the leveraged financing for its acquisition of the Burger King franchise in New Zealand
• Acting for the banking group on an interim financing for the Fisher & Paykel Appliances group of companies and the subsequent international restructuring and refinancing of that group's debt facilities
• Acting for Westpac and HSBC in relation to a NZ$100,000,000 syndicated multi-currency revolving facility agreement for a major New Zealand based corporate
• Acting for a major international hedge fund on the acquisition (as a member of a consortium) of a loan book of a distressed New Zealand finance company
• Acting for Bank of New Zealand on the financing of a hydro-electric generation facility
• Acting for Masthead Portfolios Limited on the acquisition financing for its partial takeover offer for Abano Healthcare Group Limited
• Acting for Credit Suisse and UBS AG on the financing for the A$4.5 billion acquisition by a private equity consortium of certain media assets from Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
• Acting for Westpac in relation to a development finance facility for a gas field
• Acting for the receivers of Nathans Finance NZ Limited
• Acting for Westpac as arranger in relation to the MARAC securitisation programme
• Acting for Credit Suisse on a US$220 million syndicated acquisition finance facility for the acquisition of an interest in an Indonesian telecoms company
• Acting for Credit Suisse on a US$50 million bridge finance facility for a number of Indonesian E&P contractors
• Acting for Citigroup on a US$55 million LC facility for an Indonesian energy company
• Acting for HSBC on a €42 million loan facility for Unimills BV

Infrastructure/Project Finance/PPPs

• Acting for an Indonesian governmental entity on developing a bankable project concession structure for the provision of a power station by a private entity under a BOOT structure
• Acting for the financiers to a bidder for the concession on a refuse incineration electricity generation PPP project in Singapore
• Acting for CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited in the US$4.3 billion Nanhai petrochemicals project in Guangdong, China
• Acting for the onshore and offshore lenders on the US$800 million refinancing of the Optimal petrochemical project in Malaysia sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company, Petronas and Sasol
• Acting for the onshore and offshore lenders on the 250MW lignite-fired Neyveli power project in Tamil Nadu India
• Acting for the lenders on the 163MW Kelanitissa power project in Sri Lanka

Construction

• Acting for CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited in relation to the umbrella project management contract with a Bechtel, Foster Wheeler and Sinopec consortium for the engineering, procurement and construction contracting arrangements for the Nanhai petrochemicals plant and the six separate EPC, EP, and/or EP + C packages operating under that umbrella contract
• Acting for an Asian energy company on the EPC contracts for the harbour works and terminal works for an LNG receiving facility
• Acting for Asia Silicones Monomer on the EPC contract for a silicones monomer plant in Thailand
• Acting for GE Toshiba Silicones on the EPC contract for a silicones monomer finishing plant in Thailand and on a separate supply contract for a major item of equipment to be incorporated into the plant
• Acting for the onshore and offshore lenders on the integration of a BOOT lignite transportation system for the Neyveli power project in India
• Acting for an international energy company on the EPC contract and O&M contract for a strategic gas transmission pipeline in Gujarat, India
• Acting for the banks in relation to construction and operating contracts for a mass rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand
• Acting for the lenders on the construction and procurement arrangements for a highway project in Seoul, Korea

• Acting for Masthead Portfolios Limited in relation to its partial takeover offer for Abano Healthcare Group Limited and subsequent sale of its 19.9% stake in that company to Healthcare Industry Limited
• Acting for Edison Mission Energy on its acquisition and financing of a NZ$1.2 billion cornerstone shareholding in Contact Energy Limited
• Acting for the project lenders on AES Corp's sale of its interest in the 450MW Meghnaghat power project in Bangladesh to CDC Group plc
• Acting for a bidder in its potential purchase of an equity stake in the 1200MW coal-fired Paiton power project in Indonesia
• Acting for an international energy company in relation to the crude oil supply and refined petroleum products offtake arrangements for a refinery in Thailand
• Acting for the lenders on an acquisition of a major Indonesian coal mining company

• 'Syndicated Lending: Changing relationships’ - August 2010 - Speaker at Banking & Financial Services Law Conference on recent changes in relationships in syndicated loan arrangements, particularly between lenders and agent
• Buildability and Bankability - 2009 - Speaker at the LexisNexis Public Private Partnership PPP 2009 Conference
• Lender Liability - Statutory/regulatory issues (Presentation at the ADLS Credit Law Conference 2008)

International recognition