A market-leading banking and finance lawyer, Brad acts for borrowers, lenders and other stakeholders across a broad spectrum of financing transactions, including securitisation and structured finance, debt capital markets and project and corporate financing.
Brad has extensive experience advising senior and mezzanine lenders, as well as trustees, on securitisation transactions and similar structured financings, including privately negotiated warehouses, capital relief financings, risk retention financings and holdco financings. He also regularly advises on other receivables and structured asset financings, as well as multi-source debt capital structures combining both bank and capital markets debt.
Brad is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer in legal directories and publications, including Legal 500 where he is ranked as a Hall of Fame lawyer in Capital Markets.
Key deals
Securitisation
Advised senior and/or mezzanine noteholders on numerous securitisation warehouses, term issues and risk retention financing for non bank lenders including Pepper, Resimac, Athena, Eclipx, Firstmac, Mortgage House, Metro Finance, Taurus Finance, and Loanworks.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Advised the CEFC on its subscription for Green Notes in Firstmac Asset Funding Trust No. 1 (Westpac ABS Warehouse), an investment intended to provide concessional funding to enable at least 900 additional electric vehicles on Australian roads.
Cross River Rail
Advised the Pulse Consortium, led by Pacific Partnerships (part of the CIMIC Group), in relation to its successful bid and close for the A$5.8 billion Cross River Rail project.
The Star Entertainment Group
Advised US private placement noteholders in relation to capital structure initiatives and refinancing of multiple US private placement note issues.
SA PowerNetworks
Advised the borrower on a A$500 million syndicated facility agreement and on other bilateral loan transactions and US private placement note issues.
Victorian Power Networks
Advised lenders on a A$1 billion Syndicated Facility Agreement, along with other bilateral and club facilities and US private placement note issues.