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We act for leading local and overseas banks at the heart of New Zealand’s economy. Our team advises market-leading issuers, investors, arrangers and trustees/custodians. Our work includes advice on the regulatory environment. We are known for quality, innovation, improved structures and new ideas.
We work on syndicated, club and bilateral funding facilities, secured and unsecured (i.e. negative pledge) arrangements; securitisations and other structured financings; asset-based financings; project, acquisition and mezzanine financings; regulatory issues; day-to-day banking matters including consumer finance law; and litigation, where needed.
We also act for New Zealand’s most significant corporates, assisting them to finance their activity and business objectives.
We have advised
- The arranger and lending banks on the complex, multi-jurisdictional project financing of a mobile telecommunications network in the South Pacific islands
- ANZ National Bank on a NZ$2.38 billion preference share structured finance transaction.
- BNZ as arranger of a NZ$200 million syndicated facility for Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation.
- Two of the four major New Zealand banks operating in New Zealand on their RMBS repo facilities.
- Many of New Zealand's major corporations on their financing requirements, including Mighty River Power, Lyttelton Port Company, Skellmax, ProvencoCadmus, Orion and APN News & Media.
- A range of borrowers and financiers on various cross-border leasing transactions (including US "QTE" and "lease to service" contract structures, German, Japanese and Scandanavian transactions) and involving a diverse range of assets (ships, electricity transmission networks, computer and telecommunications equipment, and electricity generation facilities equipment).
- ASB and Westpac on their EMTN and commercial paper programmes.
- ANZ National Bank, BNZ, Rabobank and Citibank on the 2008 Seasonal Funding Facility for Zespri Group.
- ANZ National Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation as arrangers and for the lenders of a NZ$465 million loan facility to MARAC Finance.
- Westpac as agent for syndicated facilities to Ports of Auckland.
- One of the major Hollywood studios with regard to the financing of its New Zealand film activities.
- Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society on its new negative pledge funding documentation involving ANZ National, BNZ, CBA and Westpac.
- Skellmax on the increase and refinancing of NZ$125 million facilities with ANZ National Bank including funding for an Italian acquisition.
- Nordea Bank Norge ASA, in relation to the financing aspects of the purchase by Norwegian interests of the fishing vessel M.V. Paerangi. This included registering a New Zealand mortgage against the vessel and subsequently de-registration.