Anne-Marie specialises in securitisation, portfolio transactions, derivatives, hybrid securities and other structured capital markets and structured finance matters across the Australian and Asian regions. Anne-Marie is highly regarded as an Australian and Asian securitisation and structured finance practitioner, and as a thought leader in innovative structures and new development areas including securitisations of alternative asset classes (such as NPLs), bespoke applications of securitisation technology and securitised portfolio acquisitions.
Anne-Marie is heavily involved in the securitisation industry, including as a member of the National Committee (which is the governing body) of the Australian Securitisation Forum (“ASF”) and as the Chair of the ASF’s Regulatory and Prudential Subcommittee. She also regularly speaks at industry and academic events on securitisation, portfolio transactions and industry matters.
Anne-Marie has led many market leading securitisation transactions, including acting on behalf of the industry to establish the AOFM forbearance SPV to address COVID induced securitisation liquidity issues.
Anne-Marie has been named as a leading lawyer for Capital markets - securitisation in Chambers Asia-Pacific, for Capital markets - structured finance and securitisation in the IFLR1000 Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, for Banking and Finance Law, Debt Capital Markets Law, Derivatives and Structured Finance Law in Best Lawyers in Australia and for Best in Structured finance at the Euromoney Asian Women in Business Law Awards. In 2021 she was recognised as one of the “Market People of the Year” by KangaNews for her work on the forbearance SPV structure for securitisation COVID liquidity support.
Anne-Marie has worked as a lawyer in the United Kingdom as well as Australia and has also worked as a sessional lecturer for the Law School at the University of Melbourne.
Anne-Marie's work highlights include:
- Australian Securitisation Forum: advised the securitisation industry through the ASF in relation to an innovative forbearance special purpose vehicle (“fSPV”) to allow securitisation trusts to access additional liquidity to provide temporary liquidity support for COVID-19 hardship affected assets.
- Major Australian Bank: acted for a major Australian bank on the establishment of its “Direct Lending Partnership” platform to enable the distribution of asset participations to industry partners.
- ME Bank: advised ME Bank on the repapering of its securitisation funding platform and the inaugural A$1bn issuance of residential mortgage backed securities under that platform.
Clients say that Anne-Marie is "Incredibly knowledgeable, experienced and pragmatic" (Chambers & Partners).
