Wayne is a partner in the banking and finance department. He heads the firm's transactional banking and finance group in Auckland.
He advises on a broad range of international and domestic financing transactions. He represents corporates, banks, and other financial institutions, and local authorities.
Wayne has experience in a wide range of lending transactions, including corporate banking, project and infrastructure finance, private equity acquisitions, corporate restructuring, personal property securities, and derivatives. His practice also includes aircraft leasing and financing.
Examples of Work
- Westpac - partial demerger of the institutional banking business of the New Zealand branch of Westpac Banking Corporation, involving the transfer of approximately $6.2 billion customer loans and $5.8 billion customer deposits to Westpac New Zealand
- BOQ Eqipment Finance - acquisition of FleetPartners' portfolio of heavy commercial vehicle operating leases
- Toll Group - private placement in the United States of US$275 million notes
- VTB Capital (Singapore) - US-dollar loan facility to a New Zealand milk processor
- Tuaropaki Power Co - restructuring of funding for geothermal power plant
- Matariki Forests - restructuring of syndicated loan facility
- Goldman Sachs JBWere - funding for acquisition of Tyco Electrical's business in Australia and New Zealand
- Stella Group - restructuring of funding for New Zealand travel business
- Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) - agreement to lease two Boeing B777-319ER aircraft to Air New Zealand
- Pacific Blue Airlines (NZ) - various aircraft leasing arrangements
- Auckland City Council - public private partnership for the Vector Arena, DBOO project for the Material Recovery Facility, funding contributions for the ASB Stand at Eden Park and recyclables collection contracts and tripartite agreements
- North Shore City Council - refuse collection packaging supply contracts
Other Credentials
- Banking and Financial Services Law Association - Member
- Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand - Member
- Institute of Financial Professionals NZ Inc - Member
