Profile
Daniel specialises in banking and finance and has extensive experience working in New Zealand, the Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
He regularly advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing and infrastructure transactions from front-end structuring and implementation right through to back-end refinancing solutions, restructurings and insolvency.
In particular, Daniel has a focus on leverage and acquisition finance and projects and infrastructure.
- Listed as a Next Generation Lawyer by The Legal 500 and as a Rising Star by Expert Guides
Work highlights
Advising senior lenders
to Southern Cross Cables in connection with the project financing of the US$300m SX Next Cable (fibre optic cable from Australia to Los Angles (via New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Tokelau and Kiribati)
Advising senior lenders
in connection with the limited recourse project financing of a privately procured wastewater treatment plant in the Cardrona Valley
Advising Energy Fiji
in relation to its inaugural syndicated financing facilities, the largest syndicated financing done in Fiji to date
Advising senior lenders
in relation to the acquisition of HealthScope NZ by NZ Super Fund and OTPP (Canadian Pension Fund)
Advising a credit fund
in relation to its inaugural leveraged acquisition financing in the infrastructure labour sector
Advising senior lenders
in relation to the project financing made available to PIP Fund in connection with the acquisition of the Akoranga Student Village (Student Accommodation Facilities) from The Auckland University of Technology
Alternate contacts
Paul Farrugia
Partner, Auckland
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Miriam Andrews
Partner, Auckland
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Peter Owles
Partner, Auckland
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