Zac Kedgley-Foot

Banking and finance

Securitisation and structured finance

Debt capital markets

Leveraged finance and private credit

Project finance

Zac is a specialist banking and finance lawyer, experienced in advising on a broad range of financing, debt capital markets and derivatives transactions and financial services regulation. Zac is a leading structured finance lawyer and is New Zealand counsel to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.

He advises on domestic and international debt financing transactions including structured, acquisition, infrastructure, project and corporate financings and on the regulation of financial products, services and markets in New Zealand.​

Since returning to Bell Gully in early 2021, Zac has advised corporates, sponsors and lenders on some of the most complex financing transactions in the New Zealand market including advising Synlait on its recapitalisation in 2024, Contact Energy on the financing for its proposed acquisition of Manawa Energy, Crown Infrastructure Partners on the financing for the Moa Point Sludge Minimisation Facility and Clarus (formerly known as First Gas) and Igneo on the financing for the acquisition of the Eastland Distribution Network.

2017-2020

Allens

Sydney, Australia

2020

Linklaters LLP

London, UK (Secondment from Allens)

2016-2017

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

New York, USA​