David Weavers
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Banking & Finance
Band 3
About
Provided by David Weavers
Practice Areas
David has experience advising financial institutions, private equity sponsors, corporates, non-bank lenders and sovereigns on a range of financing and restructuring transactions. David is a specialist in leveraged and acquisition finance, project finance, real estate finance, debt capital markets, derivatives, venture capital and special situations investing. He acts for global and regional private equity sponsors on their New Zealand transactions and all of New Zealand's major financial institutions and leading credit funds/non-bank lenders.
Career
David began his career with Russell McVeagh in 2008. He returned to the firm in 2017 after extended periods based in London and Hong Kong. He has completed all levels of examinations for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme and has spent extended secondment's at banks and funds in a variety of roles. He is recognised in all major legal directories including as finalist for Young Private Practice Lawyer of the Year at the NZ Law Awards 2020.
Professional Memberships
APLMA Documentation Committee (New Zealand);
Restructuring & Insolvency Turnaround Association;
Institute of Finance Professionals of New Zealand
Publications
David most recently co-authored the New Zealand chapter in the 2021 Chambers Global Practice Guide – Acquisition Finance, and 'The Financing of Intangible Assets: TMT Finance and Emerging Technologies', published by LexisNexis.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
David Weavers continues to serve an enviable client list which includes a number of multinational and New Zealand-based banks. Drawing on experience working for multinational firms in London, he offers significant insight into cross-border financings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David has a really good inner knowledge of how a bank works, which makes him very efficient when he's working with us on a deal.''
"David is absolutely brilliant to work with. He cuts through complexity quickly and is incredibly dependable."
"David has a really good inner knowledge of how a bank works, which makes him very efficient when he's working with us on a deal.''
"David is absolutely brilliant to work with. He cuts through complexity quickly and is incredibly dependable."