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Nick Lodder

Senior Associate
Auckland
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DDI:        +64 9 353 9935
Mobile:   +64 21 948 050
FAX:        +64 9 353 9701
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Nick is a banking and financial specialist lawyer with particular experience in advising financiers and borrowers across a broad range of banking and finance matters, including asset finance, syndicated lending, structured finance, leveraged finance, insolvency and restructuring, regulatory issues and Personal Property Securities Act issues.

Professional Qualifications

LLB (Hons First Class) University of Waikato, 1999

Areas of expertise

Banking & Financial Services

Some of Nick's major projects
  • Advising Downer Edi in relation to its New Zealand financing arrangements,
    including its New Zealand bilateral facility with ANZ National Bank, its Australian
    syndicated facility, and its bonding facility with HSBC
  • Acted for Downer Edi in relation to a private placement in Canada of Medium
    Term Notes under its A$750 million debt issuance programme
  • Providing ongoing advice to De Lage Landen in relation to its New Zealand asset
    finance business
  • Providing ongoing advice to AIG in relation to its New Zealand structured finance
    transactions
  • Advising Westpac New Zealand in relation to a $30 million leasing transaction
    with IBM New Zealand
  • Acting for Westpac New Zealand in relation to the financing of a G200
    Gulfstream aircraft registered in New Zealand, and its relocation to the Cayman
    Islands
  • Advising ANZ National Bank in relation to financial accommodation provided to
    subsidiaries in the South Canterbury Finance group
  • Advising Allied Farmers in relation to the acquisition of the Hanover Finance loan
    book by way of a debt for equity swap
  • Acting for Bligh Finance and the Hirepool Group in relation to the refinance of its
    senior and its mezzanine debt
  • Advising BOS International in relation to the financing of Cashmere Finance
  • Advising BOS International in relation to the receivership of Poh Trustees
    Limited, a residential property developer
  • Advising BOS International in relation to its financing arrangements with the
    Century City Group
  • Advising BOS International in relation to the property development financing
    arrangements provided to the Gillies Group
  • Acting for GE Commercial Finance in relation to the $35 million revolving facility
    and $35 million working capital facility provided to Paperlinx (NZ)
  • Acting for GE Capital in relation to the New Zealand aspects of the A$15 million
    real estate facility and the A$80m working capital facility provided to Officemax
  • Acting for GE Capital in relation to the $40 million master lease facility provided
    to Oceana Gold
Work history

Senior Associate, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Auckland (2009 - present)




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