Mills Oakley houses a growing lender-side practice, often advising ADIs and a selection of non-bank lenders. Similarly, the team is well-known for assisting corporate, property, mining, and construction clients. Graeme Gurney is renowned for his property finance, structured finance and restructuring expertise. Monique Stella has specialist knowledge of trade finance and development transactions. Team head Peter Kennedy is experienced in acting for listed and non-listed corporate borrowers embroiled in bilateral club and syndicated facilities.

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  • 'Peter Kennedy is available, responsive, provides the right advice for the situation, keeps it commercial and is a pleasure to deal with.'

Key clients

  • American Express Australia
  • Atomos
  • Austar Group
  • AusFinance Group
  • Australian Natural Therapies Group
  • Bank of Communications
  • Birch and Waite Holdings
  • China Everbright Bank
  • CIP
  • Crown Resorts
  • CUA
  • DNB Bank
  • Earlypay
  • Gallantree
  • Genesys Cloud Services
  • GPS Development Finance

Work highlights

  • Acted for the borrower concerning a cross-collateralised residual stock facility and development finance facility.
  • Acted for Polaris Marine concerning their acquisition facility from CBA.
  • Acted for the food group Perfection Fresh concerning a A$200 million common terms deed financing.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Graeme Gurney

Other key lawyers

Monique Stella, Peter Kennedy, Norman Donato, Robert Murphy, Jarred Benater