Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance - Australia
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Clayton Utz has a considerable reputation for acquisition financing arrangements and the refinancing of corporate facilities. The banking team advises a variety of borrowers and financiers on the financing of property acquisitions and developments with complex and cross-jurisdictional elements. The firm acts on large scale domestic and cross-border financing for an impressive list of banking, investment and brokerage clients. It offers clients a full range of integrated services across the commercial and front-end banking practice areas to support clients on major LBO, MBO and IPO mandates.
Strengths
Clayton Utz is very responsive and good at meeting deadlines. The firm is solution-oriented and understands our risk tolerance and pressure points.
Clayton Utz is very proactive, highly responsive and their communication is excellent. The firm simplifies complex issues into specific actions and simple explanations.
Work Highlights
Clayton Utz represented Goldman Sachs and the lender syndicate on their upsized AUD1.1 billion, unsecured multicurrency facilities for AUB.
Clayton Utz advised Proprium Capital Partners on two separate but interrelated financings in connection with the acquisition of AVJennings.
Notable practitioners
Alex Schlosser offers expertise in both acquisition and corporate finance. His clients include private equity firms, major banks and corporate borrowers.
Kathy Santikos enjoys a strong reputation for property finance work, particularly for matters involving cross-border aspects.
Kathy has a great sense of market-acceptable finance, which is always moving. Kathy is no-nonsense and will cut through a lot of the back and forth you can get.
