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DAVE WETHERELL - Partner
Auckland phone 64 9 921 6003
Sydney phone 61 2 9293 2877
Mobile 029 590 5860
Email dave.wetherell@maynewetherell.com
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Education:
University of Otago - BA Hons (First Class)
University of Auckland - LLB
Professional:
Partner Mayne Wetherell 2004 -
Partner Russell McVeagh 1991 - 2004 |
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Areas of Specialisation
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Major corporate finance
Leveraged finance
Structured financ
Securitisation
Corporate
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Private equity
- Securities offering
Relevant Experience
- Extensive experience in capital markets CP, MTN and bond issues (both retail and wholesale and in all major markets - New Zealand, Australia, United States and Euro), acting for issuers and arrangers, including repackaging and CDO structures.
- Broad experience acting for banks and corporates in bilateral and multi-lateral facilities (syndicated and club), including negative pledge and global security arrangements.
- Extensive leveraged finance experience acting for both lenders and borrowers in relation to a broad range of transactions.
- Extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, including public company takeover, with particular focus on the structuring of such transactions and of any related cross border investment into New Zealand.
- Extensive experience in public offerings of debt, equity and hybrid securities, both listed and unlisted.
- Extensive securitisation experience across a broad range of asset classes, including residential mortgages, auto loan recivables, auto lease receivables, equipment leases, consumer credit contracts and trade recivables, in New Zealand and Australian markets, acting for both arranging banks and originators, CP and term issuers and dealing with all major rating agencies. Involvement as lead counsel on the majority of securitisations in New Zealand since 1993, including establishing most of the multi-seller conduits operational in New Zealand.
- Extensive structured and tax based finance experience, both cross border and domestic, including particular experience in capital efficient, derecognition and FIN 46 structures. Extensive derivate experience, including structured derivatives.
Recent (illustrative only) examples of these transactions are:
Banking & Finance
- Acted for Fonterra on its EURO MTN and CP, NZMTN and CP, USCP, AMTN and ACP programmes and USPPs.
- Acted for the arranger in relation to a range of credit wrapped infrastructure bond issues.
- Acted for Fonterra on the establishment of its bank facilities.
- Acted for the lead arrangers on the acquisition of Independent Liquor by PEP and CCMP.
- Acted for the lead arrangers on the acquisition by way of amalgamation of Waste Asset Management by Transpacific.
- Acted for Deutsche Bank in relation to a range of cross border structured (including derivative based) transactions.
- Acted for RAMS Home Loans on the establishment (and each series thereunder) of its US extendible CP program.
- Acted for Westpac on the establishment of a securitisation programme for MARAC Finance.
- Acted for the arranger / sponsor in relation to the majority of RMBS transactions that have occured in New Zealand.
Corporate
- Acted for Dubai Aerospace in relation to its bid for Auckland International Airport.
- Acted for New Zealand Finance in relation to its joint venture with Liberty Financial and subsequent takeover of Mike Pero.
- Acted for 2 significant private equity houses in relation to a number of potential transactions in New Zealand (including public company takeovers and amalgamations).
- Acted for RPI in relation to its offering of redeemable preference shares.
- Act for Fonterra in relation to its capital notes.
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