With bases across in the country in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, the Allens capital markets offering operates on a national basis to support a range of clients. The equity capital markets team is led by Robert Pick in Melbourne and Julian Donnan in Sydney, who act across all sectors for both issuer and lead manager clients. Sydney-based senior associate Addison Ma also specialises in this area, and noted for his experience advising issuers, underwriters and shareholders. In Melbourne, James Darcy leads the debt capital markets team, which has particular experience in green bond transactions and cross-border financings, as well as a deep understanding of the domestic market, a particular strength of counsel Paul Cerché. The securitisation team, led from Sydney by Benjamin Downie, acts for a broad range of financier and originator clients, and advises a number of private equity clients on their securitised fundraising arrangements as part of merger and acquisition transactions.
Testimonials
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‘The practice is very commercial and the team is always available. Their strengths are their practical and commercial legal advice, teamwork and approachability.’
‘Rob Pick is very approachable, happy to talk through various issues and always has excellent commercial advice. He works well with our team and also is very reliable in a negotiation with a counterparty.’
Key clients
- CSL Limited
- ICBC, Sydney Branch
Work highlights
- Advised CSL Limited and its subsidiary finance vehicle, CSL Finance Plc, on its US$4 billion bond issuance, which was split across six tranches each with a value of US$500 million or US$1 billion.
- Advised ICBC on its inaugural A$500 million green bond under its US$20 billion global medium term note programme green bond issuance, listed on the Dubai Stock Exchange.