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Banking & Finance: Corporate Finance - Australia

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Corrs Chambers Westgarth boasts an established team targeting high quality corporate and real estate acquisitions. The team is experienced in acting on cross-border mandates for borrowers and lenders, especially supporting international financiers with their Australian activity, and has established credentials in assisting foreign private equity clients with Australia financing arrangements and repricing. The law firm acts on a wide range of property matters including acquisitions, developments and refinancings.

Work Highlights

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth advised the mandated lead arrangers, book runners and syndicate lenders on the approximately AUD1.8 billion of syndicated debt facilities to Foxtel, negotiated concurrently with the acquisition of Foxtel by DAZN.

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth advised Warburg Pincus in relation to its AUD490 million investment into a real estate credit vehicle established by MA Financial Group.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John Mosley
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John Mosley commands an excellent reputation for acquisition finance work. He advises private and public funds, as well as major banks and other investors.

John always offers the right advice. He is highly commercial and a skilled negotiator, which makes him a key partner for our business.

John is very considered and insightful on any underlying areas of concern. He is always willing to provide leadership on an issue.

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Stewart Robertson
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Stewart Robertson has an established reputation for his work in corporate and acquisition finance, with particularly noted expertise where restructuring and multicurrency facilities are concerned.

Stewart provides clear and calm legal advice. When he is on a transaction, I know we are in safe hands.

Stewart Robertson's standout ability is to negotiate great commercial outcomes for us, while ensuring our interests are always protected.

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Brad Husband
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Band 3

Brad Husband is head of the Corrs Chambers Westgarth property finance team in Melbourne and counts both bank and non-bank lenders among his clients.

Brad has a natural ability to explain legal terms in a commercial manner.

Brad is a great partner to deal with. He is pragmatic, commercial and easy to have a conversation with.

He is really great at being commercial and focusing on the parts of the deal that matter. He gets down to the bits that make or break a transaction, what to fight for and what we can live with.

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Henry Self
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Henry Self is well regarded as a property finance specialist who is prominent on development financing matters.

Henry is always available, always has a solution and is very calm.

Henry is fantastic. You can pick up the phone and call him at any time. He gets anything complex and can give you solution-oriented advice.

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Simon Reid
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Simon Reid is a highly sought-after acquisition and property finance expert. He advises on domestic and international financings and is praised for his considered approach that instils clients' trust in his counsel.

Simon has a great approach to different problems. He is a really practical and commercial lawyer with deep experience across the market.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance

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John Mosley
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Stewart Robertson
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Banking & Finance: Corporate Finance

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Stewart Robertson
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Banking & Finance: Property Finance

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Brad Husband
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Henry Self
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Simon Reid
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