Chambers Review
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Banking & Finance - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Mayne Wetherell is renowned as a specialist boutique firm for banking and finance advisory matters from its office in Auckland. It is noted for the diversity of its financing practice, often acting as counsel on complex, high value transactions. The team fields particular expertise in structured, syndicated and leveraged finance. Mayne Wetherell is well equipped to advise clients from a range of industries, including the aviation and financial services spheres. It represents major banks and large corporations in New Zealand.
Strengths
Mayne Wetherell have deep financial, banking and structured finance expertise that enables a high degree of commercial perspective to be brought to bear.
The team at Mayne Wetherell have significant expertise in the field of debt capital markets, both locally and globally. They are highly outcome-focused and deliver on our objectives continuously.
Work Highlights
Mayne Wetherell acted for ASB Bank and Kiwibank in establishing new secured super-senior and senior financing arrangements to support a management buyout of Nelson Petroleum Distribution, preparing transaction documents and managing the negotiation and settlement processes.
Notable practitioners
Dave Wetherell has a significant level of experience and knowledge of our requirements.
Will Tipping heads the banking and finance department of Mayne Wetherell. He offers expert advice to banks and lender consortiums on a range of high profile financing and refinancing transactions.
Will Tipping is very experienced, as well as technically and commercially astute.
Will is the best in the business, hands down. He has a magnificent legal brain, possessing the ability to break down the most complex of problems. He really is outstanding.
Mei Nah is acknowledged as a focussed securitisation specialist. She also advises government bodies and corporates on bond issuances.
Mei provides amazing service, clearly understands our requirements and always delivers on time and to budget.
Mei Nah has a significant level of experience and knowledge of our requirements.
Cameron Peachey has notable experience on securitisation and structured finance matters, with local and multi-jurisdictional elements.
Cameron Peachey was very effective on a recent transaction we worked on.
Cameron Peachey has good commercial awareness
Daniel Meikle maintains a versatile practice combining securitisation expertise with significant experience advising on major financings. His clients include major banks, as well as non-bank lenders.
Daniel Meikle is responsive, hardworking and very hands-on, with unmatched intellectual rigor and attention to detail. which are critical in the types of transactions we do.
Dan operates is able to creatively problem-solve while still being grounded in commercial and legal reality.