Evelyn Jones
Lane NeavePraised for its ‘hands-on and personal approach’, the ’strong’ banking and finance team at Lane Neave is noted for its proficiency in specialised structured finance, securitisation, and receivables financing transactions, regularly acting for funders and local banks. The Auckland-based practice has witnessed a steady stream of cross-border lending transactions, including acquisition financing, over the last 12 months. Leading the team is the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ Evelyn Jones who has particular expertise in off-balance sheet financing and securitisation.
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Testimonials
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- 'They are a small but good and strong B&F team with good expertise and experience.'
- 'Good attention to detail and good follow up on transactions.'
- 'The team offers a high-quality boutique banking practice within a large South Island-based firm.'
- 'Evelyn Jones is superb at what she does.'
- 'This team is highly skilled with a depth of knowledge that makes conversations around complex topics effortless.'
- 'Evelyn Jones is our main contact, and she is always quick, accurate and reliable.'
- 'Lane Neave has a strong banking and financial services team that provides a hands-on and personal approach, backed up by impressive local and international, technical and industry experience.'
- 'Evelyn Jones is easy to deal with and is always available for a chat to provide off-the-cuff advice. She is extremely knowledgeable on financing technicalities, coupled with a good business sense to provide commercially-pragmatic advice. She knows our bank well and our uniqueness in the market and I see her and her team as an extension of our legal function.'
Key clients
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Bank of New Zealand
- ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- Bank of China
- China Construction Bank
- Vincent Securities Limited
- Fisher Funds Management Limited
- Unity Credit Union
- Public Trust and New Zealand Permanent Trustees Limited
Work highlights
- Assisted Public Trust with its capacity as the Bond Supervisor in an inaugural retail offer of $100m unsecured, unsubordinated fixed rate bonds issued by Napier Port Holdings Limited.
- Acted for Fisher Funds in relation to their inaugural investment of managed client funds into a residential mortgage-backed securitisation programme.
- Advised Commonwealth Bank of Australia on the New Zealand aspects of its syndicated funding provided to a private equity joint venture group established to hold multi property investments across Australasia.
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Evelyn Jones