Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance | Global

Gilbert + Tobin boasts a top-tier practice advising market-leading acquisition finance players and possessing strong expertise with regard to large corporate refinancings. The firm has extensive experience acting on complex financings for private equity sponsors, banks and corporations. Its banking and finance team handles cross-border deals, especially those involving US private equity and US term loan B markets. It also enjoys an established reputation acting for both borrowers and lenders, including international investment banks. Key clients include Aware Super, Alinta Energy and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Clifford Chance is noted for its robust team of banking and finance practitioners with a proven ability to deliver on acquisition finance, including cross-border mandates. The firm possesses additional expertise in corporate finance transactions and regularly acts for major multinational lenders. Its key clients include Bluescope, Webuild and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth boasts an established team targeting quality corporate and real estate acquisitions. The team is experienced acting on cross-border mandates for borrowers and lenders, especially supporting international financiers with their Australian activity, and has established credentials 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. Its key clients include Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs and Tritium DCFC.

Baker McKenzie is well regarded for its considerable bank-side work in the property sector, assisting lenders with the provision and refinancing of sizeable cross-border facilities. The firm frequently acts for major clients in the renewable energy sphere on significant financing transactions in this sector. The firm leverages its large network of international offices to handle cross-jurisdictional mandates. Its key clients include CEP.Energy, Virtus and Westpac.