Banking & Finance

About

Provided by Russell McVeagh

Our Banking and Finance team are long-time trusted advisors to major banks, lenders, financial institutions, and other participants in the banking and finance sector. With considerable specialist knowledge and experience, we also act for global and regional private equity sponsors and a number of New Zealand's largest corporates.

Our team is well known for our leadership in crafting complex, market-leading transactions for prominent financial institutions and corporations, and for our close relationships with the Financial Markets Authority, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Treasury, and other industry bodies.

We also play an important role helping our clients navigate the challenges posed by increased regulation, technological disruption, and greater public scrutiny.

Our team advises on all aspects of New Zealand law that apply to borrowers and lenders in the bank and mezzanine loan markets, the delivery of complex projects, the entry into and operation of derivative contracts, and the regulation and delivery of financial services.

Our specialist areas of expertise include:

• Debt Capital Markets.
• Leveraged and other acquisition financing.
• Sustainable and green finance.
• Takeover finance.
• Securitisations and repackaging transactions.
• Structured derivatives.
• Restructuring & Insolvency.
• Projects and asset finance.
• FinTech.