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Russell McVeagh

Deemple Budhia

Auckland City, New Zealand

Asia-Pacific Guide 2022

Ranked in 1 departments

Ranked in : Banking & Finance

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Lawyer profile for Asia-Pacific 2022

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Asia-Pacific

Banking & Finance - New Zealand

Band 1

Deemple Budhia is very well established in the DCM sphere and offers clients significant experience on securitisation, covered bonds and derivatives transactions. She counts an impressive list of major New Zealand and regional banks among her clients. One client endorses her "technical legal and analytical skills," adding that she is "really good at focusing on the main points and giving clear advice."

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Practice Areas

Deemple specialises in debt capital markets, offering clients significant experience on securitisation (including covered bonds) and structured finance, financial markets regulation (including consumer credit) and derivatives. She is a trusted advisor to major banks, listed companies and government clients.

Deemple is an expert at navigating clients through complex transactions, recently acting for UDC Finance on New Zealand's largest non-bank warehouse and term securitisations. She has also advised on the establishment of securitisation and covered bond programmes and issuances under them, the establishment of the NZ Local Government Funding Agency, and assisted a number of major banks on recent changes to NZ's consumer credit laws.

Career

Prior to joining Russell McVeagh in 2009, Deemple spent time in London working at Allen & Overy and then in Citibank’s European commercial property and securitisation team. She was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 1998.

Professional Memberships

Member of the NZ sub-committee for the Australian Securitisation Forum;

Member of the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal.

Publications

Deemple co-authored the New Zealand chapter in The International Capital Markets Review 9th Edition; the New Zealand Securitisation chapter for Chambers and Partners 2021 Global Practice Guides; and the New Zealand chapter within The Law Review's Virtual Currency Regulation Review 3rd Edition.