Leveraging the firm’s wider M&A team to assist on matters, Mayne Wetherell is well-positioned to act on high-value and complex deals across the full spectrum of mandates. The practice focuses specifically on the fields of capital markets, structured finance and securitisation, leveraged finance, and syndicated and bilateral financing. At the helm sits Will Tipping, who has extensive experience across a range of banking and finance transactions, with a notable focus on acquisition financing and special situations. Dave Wetherell enjoys a stellar market reputation and is noted for his expertise across the capital spectrum. Mei Nah is recommended for her experience across finance transactions, while Cameron Peachey has a particular focus on acquisition finance, structured finance, and property finance. Noted for his experience in bespoke and structured funding solutions, Daniel Meikle is well-versed in advising clients on the full gamut of banking and finance mandates. The team was strengthened by the arrival of counsel Jane Innes-Jones from Westpac Institutional Bank in March 2023, and the partner promotion of Jonathan Riley in May 2023.
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- 'They are very customer focus and tuned to our needs. They are very responsive and proactive.'
- 'They are always looking to deliver on the best result for us as their client. They have a very good understanding of debt issuance in NZ and offshore markets.'
- 'Mei Nah is very proactive and has always delivered the best results for us. Has a very good understanding of our business. Her advice is always on point and is value for money.'
- 'Focused on high-quality banking and DCM advice. Strong, experienced team.'
- 'Mei Nah and Dave Wetherell are very experienced and always eager to help. Enjoy the more difficult banking and DCM challenges, especially negotiations.'
- 'Mayne Wetherell has provided consistently proactive, timely and strategic transactional support across a range of warehouse securitisation programs.'
- 'Dan Meikle's team performs above the standard provided by other firms that support us across the ANZ market with an excellent focus on execution, quality and flexibility to meet tight timelines.'
- 'Dan Meikle is one of the pre-eminent Partners in banking and finance area. He consistently draws together an excellent supporting team who consistently outperform others in deal execution. Dan provides responsive and timely advice to support commercial objectives. His delivery is client focused and useful.'
Key clients
- ASB Bank
- Auckland Council
- Auckland International Airport
- Avanti Finance
- Bank of New Zealand
- Deutsche Bank
- Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
- M&G Investments
- Transpower
- Westpac New Zealand
- Latitude Financial Services
Work highlights
- Acted for Auckland Council in refinancing its existing facilities and converting them into sustainability linked loans.
- Acted for Avanti Finance Limited in a number of structured and debt capital markets transactions in 2022 and early 2023, including on Avanti’s establishment of its RMBS 2022-1 Trust (of which Avanti was the originator, SPV manager and servicer) combined with an issue of notes backed by a pool of New Zealand residential mortgage loans originated by Avanti Finance Limited.
- Acted for Bank of New Zealand (in its role as Facility Agent and one of eight domestic/offshore lenders) in the financing of First Gas Group’s $260m acquisition of electricity distributor Eastland Network.
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Will Tipping