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  • Aaron Bourke

    Partner
    Brisbane
    T: +61 7 3244 8083
    M: +61 409 349 353
 

 Professional Biography

 
  • Aaron Bourke is a partner in the Banking and Finance team in the Brisbane office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He specialises in corporate, project, equipment and property finance and financial regulatory compliance. Aaron also practices in the area of credit restructurings and insolvency.

    Aaron has worked on project financing for Horizon Oil, Central Queensland Port Authority and Pan Aust Limited. He has advised on corporate financings for CMI Limited, Warner Bros Movie World, Sea World, Downer EDI, Industrea Limited, Worley Parsons Limited and Australian Agricultural Company. Aaron has worked on property and construction transactions involving the Soul tower on the Gold Coast, the Mirage Resorts and the Green Island Resort.

    His experience in credit restructures and insolvency includes credit restructures and related work involving Raptis, Octaviar entities, HMP Group and ABC Learning. Aaron has drafted a complete package of retail and commercial documents for Bank of Queensland and advised on regulatory and integration issues.

    Aaron acts for both financiers and borrowers.

 

 Experience

 
  • 1991-1996: Articled Clerk, Primrose Couper Cronin & Rudkin, Solicitors
  • 1996: Bachelor of Laws, Queensland University of Technology
  • 1997: Solicitor, Primrose Couper Cronin & Rudkin, Solicitors
  • 1997-1998: Banking Lawyer, RBS Trust Bank, UK
  • 1998-2000: Banking Lawyer, Chase Manhattan Bank, UK
  • 2000: Senior Lawyer, Clayton Utz, Solicitors
  • 2001-2003: Senior Associate, Clayton Utz, Solicitors
  • 2001: Australian Institute of Company Directors Diploma
  • 2003 - 2007: Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Brisbane
  • 2005: Masters in Business Administration, Australian Graduate School of Management
  • 2008 - Present: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Brisbane
 

 Recent Matters

 
  • Refinance of Australian Education Trust debt including establishment of security trust structures to enable both bank debt and US private placements
  • Australian counsel for a syndicate of banks providing global facilities for Westfield
  • Construction finance for the development of the Juniper 'Soul' project on the Gold Coast
  • Project financing for Horizon Oil and Central Queensland Port Authority
  • Corporate financings for CMI Limited, Warner Bros Movie World, Sea World, Downer EDI and Australian Agricultural Company
  • Asset and construction finance for the construction of tug boats in China for Half-Tide Marine and Riverwijs
  • Asset finance for the acquisition of aircraft by Alliance Airlines and Jet Engine Leasing
  • Property financings for the acquisitions of Green Island Resorts and Sheraton Mirage Resorts
  • Drafted a complete package of retail and commercial documents for Bank of Queensland and advised on regulatory and integration issues
  • Advised on AML compliance for John Deere Credit and the MFS Group
 

 Professional Memberships

 
  • Financial Services Institute of Australasia
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow)
  • Queensland Law Society