Ben is a leading adviser to financiers, providing acquisition, project and general corporate finance, and is well-known for his ability to achieve successful outcomes in complex negotiations.
Ben has been involved in a broad range of corporate financing transactions, primarily acting for banks, non-bank lenders and other financial institutions and for large corporates and property funds. He advises on the structuring and documentation for transactions involving project finance, construction and property finance, and acquisition finance as well as workouts and complex debt restructuring.
Ben has extensive experience advising on property acquisition funding as well as development, construction and project finance. Ben acts for borrowers and financiers on syndicated and bilateral finance transactions, advising on senior and mezzanine debt finance across a wide range of industries.
Ben is also actively involved in complex debt restructuring and work out transactions. He has led complex debt reconstruction transactions for lending syndicates where covenants were under stress, and differing commercial imperatives and complex inter-creditor issues must be resolved.
Key deals
Major lender
Advising the lenders in relation restructuring and further construction funding provided to the Public Hospitality Group to assist in the redevelopment and refurbishment of several hospitality venues in Sydney.
Brookfield
Acting for Brookfield in relation to funding provided to the Panthera Group including advice regarding enforcement and recovery on the appointment of Voluntary Administrators to the group.
Nuveen
Acting for Nuveen in relation to syndicated construction and refinance funding for 5 Purposed Built Student Accommodation developments in the Nuveen PBSA Fund.
Global Credit Investors
Acting for Global Credit Investors in relation to acquisition funding provided to assist the acquisition by Leichhardt Industrials Group of the Lake MacLeod salt mine from Rio Tinto.
National Australia Bank
Acting for National Australia Bank in relation to funding provided to an industrial and logistics fund established by KKR and Centennial Property Group.
Blackrock
Acting for Blackrock in relation to the debt funding arrangements for a number of real estate funds established by Blackrock, including a childcare property fund and a portfolio of industrial and logistics real estate assets.