Adam is a specialist banking and finance lawyer with extensive experience in a broad range of financing matters, including leveraged finance, property and project finance, asset finance, and general corporate lending. His experience covers various industries including commercial property, agriculture, funds financing and mining.
He regularly acts for domestic and international banks, private debt funds and non-bank lenders, equipment lessors and borrowers in all aspects of financing transactions, including syndicated lending arrangements and bilateral and club facility structures. His experience also includes several in-house secondments with major banks in Sydney advising on corporate and institutional financing transactions.
Adam has extensive experience in the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) and regularly provides tailored commercial and practical advice on the PPSA and the Personal Property Securities Register.
His recent matter highlights include:
- One Rail Australia: acting for One Rail Australia on a significant refinancing of its existing syndicated facility and USPP note program.
- Caterpillar Finance Australia: regularly acting on off balance sheet financing and lease arrangements in respect of significant mining assets (including large operating lease facilities provided to the CIMIC group, Yancoal and Adani Mining) and ongoing advice in relation to appropriate security structures, PPSA protection and enforcement issues.
- Serenitas Lifestyle Villages: acting for a syndicate of domestic banks in relation to a secured $800m syndicated facility agreement made available to the operator of the Serenitas lifestyle villages.
- Macquarie Group: regularly advising Macquarie Bank and its related funds in relation to the financing, acquisition and operation of significant infrastructure, farming and agricultural assets, including Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Asset’s acquisition of the Cubbie Cotton Station via an unincorporated joint venture with Shandong Ruyi and its acquisition of the Vitalharvest Freehold Trust
- Export Finance Australia: acting on a range of domestic and cross-board financing matters including vessel financing, secured loan and bonding facilities and developing its suite of mid-market loan and security documents.
- Bank of America: regularly advising Bank of America on its asset financing and leasing arrangements of mining and industrial equipment in Australia, receivables purchase programs and specialist advice on PPSA protection and enforcement rights.
- Soul Patts: acting for Soul Patts in relation to a $76.5 million secured loan facility to Minumbra Blackwater in connection with mining accommodation assets in Northern Territory.
