My expertise centres around:
- Property construction projects, including residential developments, commercial office, hotels, retail centres, industrial development and mixed-use
- Energy and resources and infrastructure projects, including mine expansion, alternative energy, port and rail
- Real estate and corporate financings, including corporate/REIT group and acquisition financings
- Mezzanine debt and preferred equity
- Equity joint ventures, co-funding arrangements and funds
- Inbound investment and structuring
- Special situations
- Debt restructurings and insolvency work-outs
Career highlights
- The Blackstone Group – advised on over $10billion of debt facilities to the Blackstone Group, including:
- Project Silverback – advised the mandated lead arrangers on the $1.8billion refinance of four separate logistics portfolios managed by the Blackstone Group
- Project Windsor – advised the syndicate of senior lenders on the $1.52billion acquisition by certain funds managed by the Blackstone Group of Sydney CBD officers towers from Scentre Group
- Project Quartz - advised the mandated lead arrangers on $3.1billion on term and working capital facilities to the Blackstone Group for the proposed take-private of the Investa Office Fund
- Qualitas BTR Fund - advised Qualitas on the establishment of its Build-to-Rent Impact Fund (Australia's first dedicated BTR debt platform), including the cornerstone commitment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation
- Zenith Towers – advised a joint venture between Starwood Capital and Arrow Property Investments on $350million senior syndicated facilities and mezzanine facilities for the acquisition of the Zenith Centre, Chatswood
- REIT take-privates:
- Propertylink - advised the syndicate of senior lenders on the $1.187billion takeover and take private of the Propertylink Group by ESR Real Estate (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Charter Hall Office REIT – advised the lending consortium on $1billion in syndicated facilities
- ING Industrial Fund – advised the lending consortium on $1.1billion syndicated facilities for the $2.5 billion takeover of the ING Industrial Fund
- Cliffbrook Capital – advised on all aspects of Cliffbrook Capital's innovative A/B loan structure, including:
- $255million facilities to LaSalle Asia Fund for the acquisition of 323 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
- $336million facilities to the Blackstone Group for its acquisition of a 50% interest in 60 Margaret Street, Sydney
- Alternative capital providers – I regularly advise Qualitas; Gresham; Blackstone, Cliffbrook Capital, Phoenix Property Investors, BlackRock, Arrow Property Investments, MaxCap; Fortress and others on alternative capital loans, equity joint ventures, capital raisings, loan-on-loan structures and repos
- GIC Real Estate – helped establish over $2billion of real estate funds
- Rothesay Life – worked on the $192million monetisation of the NSW Government ground lease for the Darling Quarter precinct
- Circular Quay Tower – guided Ping An Real Estate, in its acquisition of a 50% interest in a joint venture with Mitsubishi and Lendlease, to develop a landmark tower at Circular Quay
- Developers – I regularly advise Sekisui House, PAYCE, Crown Group, Qualitas; Thirdi Group, Milligan Group; Toga, Resimax Group and others on construction financings, development joint ventures and structuring
- City Square Tower – advised on $550million syndicated construction and term facilities to Brookfield (Multiplex Group) for construction of the City Square Tower in Perth
- GVK Power & Infrastructure – worked on a US$1.25billion facility for the acquisition of interests in the Kevin’s Corner and Alpha Coal projects
- Export Development Canada – advised in relation to export credit it provided (via reinsurance arrangements) in connection with Brookfield Rail’s $US882million combined project and corporate financing, to fund the expansion program for its track infrastructure in midwest Western Australia
