A leading banking and finance lawyer, Adam has over 25 years’ experience advising sponsors, borrowers and lenders in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, including on project, acquisition and corporate financing transactions across the infrastructure, renewables, energy and resources sectors.
Adam covers the full spectrum of financing, including capital markets, bank debt and private credit, with particular expertise in implementing complex multi-source financing structures.
Adam is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer by respected industry publications such as Best Lawyers, Legal 500, Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global. He has lectured on syndicated lending at the University of Sydney and is a member of the APLMA project finance sub-committee.
Key deals
Vena Energy
Advised the financiers in relation to the financing by way of a syndicated green loan of Vena Energy’s Australian solar and BESS portfolio.
Vector/Bluecurrent
Advised the financiers on a A$1.6 billion Climate Bonds Certified green loan in connection with the acquisition by QIC of a 50% interest in Bluecurrent, Vector’s New Zealand and Australian smart metering business, and advised the financiers to Bluecurrent on its subsequent refinancings.
Holdco financing
Advised the financiers to a shareholder in a regulated transmission infrastructure business on an A$650 million HoldCo financing.
AusNet acquisition
Advising the lenders in connection with the financing of Brookfield’s A$10.2 billion acquisition of AusNet.
John Holland
Advising the financiers, sustainability coordinator and facility agent in connection with an A$1.5 billion bank guarantee facility refinancing with a sustainability-linked loan overlay, for infrastructure and property development service provider John Holland. This is one of the largest sustainability-linked bonding facilities to be arranged in Australia to date and one of the largest to successfully close in the Asia Pacific region in 2021.
Project financing
Advising the commercial lenders and ECAs in relation to the US$7.2 billion project financing of the Roy Hill integrated mine, port and rail project in Western Australia as well as the lenders on the 2020 refinancing. This was the largest ever project financing in the global mining sector.