Our Finance team has extensive experience acting on major domestic and cross-border transactions. Our clients include domestic and international private equity sponsors, corporates and project proponents, together with credit funds, arrangers and investors. This means we have clear visibility on current market positions and debt market trends.
We are regularly engaged to advise in major debt and capital markets raisings in the Australian, Asian, US and European markets and have strong relationships with leading firms in those jurisdictions.
Our finance team specialises in advising borrowers, lenders and investors with respect to:
- management buyout and leveraged finance transactions, as well as debt funded corporate mergers and acquisitions
- traditional structural corporate finance facilities together with all working capital products including seasonal, transactional, working capital and structured asset finance facilities (including aircraft and equipment leasing and off-balance sheet structures)
- project finance, trade and export finance and infrastructure finance across all sectors
- green and ESG-based facilities including sustainability linked loans and bonds
- real estate finance (both development and acquisition finance).
Our debt finance partners also work closely with our specialist insolvency and restructuring partners to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary team.
We are recognised by our clients and peers in all major legal directories for the strength and depth of our finance practice.
Work highlights
Potentia Capital
Leveraged finance facilities in respect of Nitro Software (ASX:NTO) in an on–market takeover, acquisition of SuperChoice Services, acquisition of NewBook, acquisition of Xtreme.com.au, portfolio acquisition of Premier Technologies, acquisition of PC-EFTPOS, as well as its investment in Soprano Design.
Lineage Logistics (Bay Grove Private Equity- US)
All Australian aspects of financing for its acquisition of Emergent Cold, comprising US term loan B and asset-backed loan facilities with an incremental loan being raised to partly fund acquisition of Emergent Cold. Advised on the financing for its purchase of five separate cold storage facilities from US private equity group Blackstone.
Eagers Automotive Limited (ASX: APE)
Financing requirements in connection with its off-market takeover of Automotive Holdings Group Limited (ASX:AHG) including the refinancing of senior bank debt of APE and AHG (following off-market takeover).
Australian Gas Networks
Approximately A$1.8 billion secured debt program, which includes credit wrapped notes, MTNs, syndicated and bi-lateral facilities and FX and interest rate hedging arrangements.
GFG Alliance
Debt and derivative transactions including the addition of A$650 million in credit lines for working capital management, growth capital expenditure and project financing facilities.
Advent International
Leveraged financing for its acquisition of a majority stake in the Australian luxury fashion brand ZIMMERMANN, which operates retail stores in Australia, the US, UK, Europe and China.
