John advises banks and major corporates in a wide range of areas, specialising in property and construction finance, syndicated lending, lease transactions, asset financing and personal property securities.
John advises banks and major corporates in a wide range of areas, specialising in property and construction finance, cross-border leading, structured finance, syndicated lending, lease transactions, asset financing and personal property securities.
Some of John's major projects
Financing
Advising an international bank on a $50 million bridge facility to a borrower for the finance of port terminals
Advising Abastecimientos Energeticos S.LU. (Abaste) on the €217 million financing of an 18MW photovoltaic (PV) solar park located in the Castillia La Mancha region of Spain. Awarded Renewables Financing of the Year 2007 by Euromoney Magazine
Advising International Finance Corporation on a syndicated $2billion senior reserved based lending facility.
Advising Tata on a syndicated facility for the acquisition of a minority stake in Piaggio Aero Industries
Advising Temenos Holdings NV on a multi million dollar acquisitions facilities agreement provided to Temenos which is a leading provider of integrated modular core banking systems
Advising a major Chinese bank on its participation in a US$260 million term loan facility to a mining company
Advising a major international bank on a US$300 million term loan facility to a state-owned nuclear holding company
Advising an international energy company on the initial phases of a development of a US$2 billion hydrogen power project
Advising an international bank on the syndication of a US$400 million facility to a large oil company
Advising an international bank on the financing of an oil field in the Republic of Ghana
Advising and assisting New Zealand banks and financial institutions with asset financing transactions, including finance and operating leases and cross-border leveraged lease transactions
Advising and assisting New Zealand banks and financial institutions with general corporate lending transactions
Advising and assisting foreign banks on asset financing of commercial fishing vessels
Advising and assisting a New Zealand bank with the financing of structured property acquisitions and development transactions
Advising banks and corporates on issues relating to compliance with banking related legislation, including the Personal Property Securities Act, the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act, the Securities Act and the Companies Act
Securities Law
Advising and assisting on a number of public offerings of debt securities, including assisting in the preparation of prospectuses and investment statements
Advising corporates on Securities Act and Securities Regulations compliance, including the development of compliance programmes
Company Law
Advising New Zealand and overseas corporates on a wide range of company law issues, including corporate governance, disclosure and response obligations
Advising numerous New Zealand and overseas corporates on company incorporation and administrative and compliance matters generally
Personal property securities
Advising receivers on a wide range of PPSA issues and assisting in commercial negotiations and dispute resolution
Preparing standard terms of sale for a range of corporates to ensure payment and/or goods are secured
