Major Projects and Project Finance - Advising the financiers to the AquaSure Consortium in relation to their successful bid to develop the Victorian Desalination Project.
- Advising the Sothern Way Consortium with respect to its approach to develop the Peninsula Link PPP.
- Advising ConnectEast in relation to the financing of the EastLink Tollway.
- Advising Babcock & Brown and CITTA Property Group in relation to their appointment by the Victorian Government and the City of Port Phillip to redevelop the St Kilda Triangle site.
- Advising PPP Solutions, a consortium of Babcock & Brown and Multiplex, in relation to their successful appointment by the Victorian Government and Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria joint venture to redevelop the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds under a PPP model.
- Advising Bilfinger Berger in relation to its bid to redevelop the Royal Childrens Hospital.
- Advising the financier to Plenary Group which was appointed to develop the Barwon Water Biosolids PPP Project.
- Advising the lenders to Griffin Power in relation to the financing of the construction and operation of the Bluewaters Power Station.
- Advising Port of Portland in relation to the proposal to develop Australia's largest Hardwood Chip Facility at the Port and various financinfs for Port of Portland.
- Acting for the financiers to Epic Energy Ltd in connection with the construction and financing of the Burrup Peninsula Pipeline and Pilbara Extension Pipeline.
- Acting for the financiers to Santos Ltd and Apache Corporation in connection with the construction and operation of the Second Varanus Island Pipeline.
- Acting for the financiers to Pasminco Limited with respect to the financing of the Century Mine transportation assets.
Acquisition and Leveraged Finance - Advising Incitec Pivot Limited in relation to the financing of the acquisition of Dyno Nobel and various financings.
- Acting for CVC Asia Pacific Limited in relation to its bid to acquire Carter Holt Harvey.
- Acting for BOS International (Australia) Limited and Royal Bank of Scotland plc as the financiers to Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital in relation to their bid with Healthscope to acquire Symbion Health.
- Advising Blackstone Management in relation to the financing in Australia of its acquisition of the Hilton Hotel Group.
- Acting for Credit Suisse and ANZ as arrangers of the financing to Pacific Equity Partners in relation to its proposed acquisition of Flight Centre.
- Advising CVC Asia Pacific Limited in relation to the financing of the acquisition of a 75% interest in PBL Media Group and the subsequent acquisitions of Ticketek and Emap Holdings.
- Advising KKR, Blackstone and TPG in relation to their bid to acquire Coles Limited.
- Advising Citibank in relation to the financing of the takeover by Transurban of Sydney Roads Group.
- Advising Credit Suisse in relation to the financing of the acquisition of Carter Holt Harvey by the Rank Group and the subsequent recapitalisation of Cater Holt Harvey.
- Advising Credit Suisse in relation to the financing of the takeover by Rank Group of Burns, Philp & Co Limited.
- Acting for National Australia Bank as the arranger and the financiers in relation to financing of the initial public offer of shares in Goodman Fielder Limited including the acquisition of the businesses from Burns, Philp & Co Limited and New Zealand Dairy Foods Limited.
- Advising Credit Suisse as financial advisor and lead arranger in relation to the takeover by Burns, Philp & Co Limited of Goodman Fielder Limited and the financing of that acquisition.
- Acting for the financiers to TXU in connection with the acquisition by it of the Westar and Kinetik gas businesses from the Victorian Government.
- Acting for the lead arrangers and financiers in the A$750,000,000 global facility provided to CSL Ltd in relation to its acquisition of Adventis-Behring.
- Acting for National Australia Bank as the lead arranger and the financiers in the US$850,000,00 global facility provided to PaperlinX Ltd in relation to its acquisition of the Buhrmann Group.
- Acting for the financiers to Tabcorp Holdings Ltd in connection with the financing of its merger with Jupiters Ltd and the financing of the subsequent takeover of TAB Ltd.
- Acting for the financiers to Bayard Capital in connection with the acquisition of the Landis & Gyr Group.
- Acting for Hancock Natural Timber Group in connection of the financing of the acquisition of the Victorian Plantations Corporation from the Victorian Government and the subsequent acquisition of the Australian Paper Plantations Pty Ltd from Amcor Limited.
- Advising the lenders to Asciano in relation to the refinancing of their debt facilities.
Property Acquisition and Development - Advising Babcock & Brown in relation to the acquisition and the financing of the development of 717 Bourke Street, Docklands.
- Advising Sachsen Fonds GmbH in relation to the acquisition of a long term leasehold interest in the KPMG Building at 161 Collins Street, Melbourne.
- Advising Hampton Development Group in relation to the acquisition, construction and financing of the Chevron Development.
- Advising Sachsen Fonds GmbH in relation to its acquisition of a long term leasehold interest in the Digital Harbour buildings at the Docklands.
- Advising the financiers in relation to the financing of the development of the Nolan Tower and Conder Tower developments at Docklands.
- Advising the financier in relation to the financing of the development by the Folkestone/Leightons Joint Venture of 700 Collins Street, Melbourne.
- Acting for the mezzanine financiers in connection with the financing of the construction of the Eureka Tower.
- Acting for Hampton Development Group in relation to the acquisition, construction and financing of the Cammeray Square Development in Cammeray, New South Wales.
- Advising Hampton Development Group in relation to the financing of the Whisper Cover Development in New Zealand.
- Advising the financier to ISPT in relation to the construction and financing of the Industry Workshop Development.
Financial restructures
- Advising a financier in relation to the facilities provided to the Centro Property Group and the financial restructure of the Group.
- Advising the financiers to Paperlinx in relation to the restrucutre of Paperlinx's external financing.
- Working on secondment with the asset structuring unit of a major financial institution.
- Advising the financiers to a major privately owned group of companies upon a financial restructure of the group.
- Acting for the financiers to the Pasminco group of companies in connection with a financial restructure of the group and the subsequent placement of the Group in voluntary administration.
- Advising the financiers upon the financial restructure of The Gribbles Group Ltd and the subsequent takeover by Healthscope Ltd.
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