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Kara Daly

Special Counsel
Wellington
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DDI:        +64 4 498 5008
Mobile:   +64 27 450 0693
FAX:        +64 4 498 5001
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Kara has more than 25 years experience as a commercial, banking & finance and securities lawyer. Kara’s practice spans the breadth of corporate, commercial, finance and securities law and includes information technology and e-commerce, business ventures, debt capital markets, insolvency and general commercial law.

Professional Qualifications

LLB (Hons) University of Canterbury, 1985

Areas of expertise

Banking & Financial Services
Securities and Managed Investments
Capital Markets
Corporate and Commercial

Some of Kara's major projects

  • Acting for the originator of a $175m wholesale residential mortgage backed bond securitisation programme
  • Acting on the restructure of a $130M wholesale RMBS commercial paper programme and subsequent sale of the mortgage portfolio to a registered bank
  • Advising a listed New Zealand company on its listed Capital Note Issue and Rights Issues
  • Acting for a listed New Zealand company on the amalgamation of its two finance company subsidiaries, including managing debenture trust deed issues, the authorisation process for the exchange of securities, and the preparation of new offer documents for the amalgamated entity
  • Advising the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on a range of legal and policy matters relating to the stability of the financial system
  • Advising both unlisted and NZX listed issuers on their wholesale and retail capital raising initiatives including Securities Act and NZX Listing Rules compliance
  • Acting for a Toronto Venture Exchange listed company in respect of its New Zealand public offer and the quotation and listing of its shares on NZAX
  • Acting for the trustee of a wholesale property trust with regard to a proposed major restructure and the transfer of the fund to a third party fund manager
  • Acting for the trustee for a bank’s recent Cash PIE Unit Trust
  • Acting for the corporate trustee in respect of its appointment (as issuer trustee and security trustee) in a number of mortgage securitisation programmes
  • Advising the independent SPV party and administration service provider in respect of a number of structured real property sale and leaseback transactions
  • Advising the trustee of a wholesale Australasian hedge fund on the trust, broker and administration documentation
  • Advising a large funds manager on a range of issues relating to its wholesale and retail unit trust and superannuation products
  • Acting for a start-up finance company including advice across both its lending and debt raising activities
  • Acting for a finance company in respect of its listed bond issue, and the acquisition of the loan book and secured deposits of a rural and farm finance company
  • Acting for the vendor of a large retail business involving a partial management buy-out and business restructure
  • Acting for an insurance company on the system development contract for its replacement insurance system
  • Advising issuers, managers and corporate trustees in respect of both retail and wholesale debt capital markets transactions, mortgage securitisations and other securities issues, and managed funds products
  • Advising finance companies on both their wholesale and retail funding and lending operations, including advising in respect of mortgage lending practices and documentation
  • Advising trading banks on all aspects of retail banking, including e-commerce and internet banking initiatives
  • Advising large and small corporate clients on a range of business ventures, joint ventures, business structures and transactional advice
  • Advising on information technology procurement and system development contracts

Work history

Special counsel, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, (2010 - current)
Partner, Morrison Daly, (2005 - 2010)
Consultant, Chapman Tripp, (1999 - 2005)
Partner, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, (1996 - 1999)




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