Banking & Finance | Asia-Pacific

Mayne Wetherell is renowned as a specialist boutique firm for banking and finance advisory matters from its office in Auckland. It is noted for the diversity of its financing practice, often acting as counsel on complex, high-value transactions. The team fields particular expertise in structured, syndicated and leveraged finance. Mayne Wetherell is well equipped to advise clients from a range of industries, including the aviation and financial services spheres. It represents major banks and large corporations in New Zealand. Key clients include Avanti Finance, Bank of New Zealand and Auckland International Airport.

Russell McVeagh has a leading Auckland-based transactional and regulatory practice across the full range of banking and financing arrangements in New Zealand. The law firm acts on major infrastructure financings and has noteworthy expertise in bond issuances, refinancings and acquisition financing mandates. It frequently acts for lenders on securitisations and offers strong corporate financing capability, as well as servicing clients in substantial debt restructuring. Key clients include Bank of New Zealand, ANZ Bank New Zealand and T&G Global.

MinterEllisonRuddWatts houses a diverse, full-service national practice, renowned for its representation of domestic and international banks in complex, high-value acquisition finance matters, as well as in project, infrastructure, asset and corporate financing matters. The team offers local expertise in novel financial arrangements such as ESG-linked loans. It fields additional capability on DCM as well as refinancing matters. Key clients include ANZ Bank New Zealand, Westpac New Zealand and Te Tai Ōhanga, the Treasury.

Dentons fields extensive experience in structured finance arrangements and corporate finance transactions. Its banking team acts for a broad client base of major New Zealand and Chinese banks, as well as other lenders active across the region. The firm is recognised for its work in the infrastructure and construction, healthcare, hospitality and commercial sectors, acting for top financial institutions and domestic corporates. It is also adept at advising on debt capital markets and consumer finance matters.

DLA Piper New Zealand houses a respected international practice with solid expertise in a range of global financial transactions. The firm is regularly at the forefront of syndicated lending transactions and remains active on property finance, acquisition finance and complex securitisation. Its team is also well regarded in the DCM space, with experience advising on the full range of mandates. The law firm offers notable capability in fintech mandates. Recent clients include New Zealand Green Investment Finance, Foodstuffs North Island and Mitre 10 New Zealand.