Profile
Daniel specialises in banking and finance and has extensive experience working in New Zealand, the Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Daniel specialises in project and infrastructure finance and leverage and acquisition finance.
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.
"Daniel Collins regularly supports clients on acquisition and property finance matters, as well as on corporate finance mandates. He provides "great assistance in getting to the crux of any issues and providing solutions rather than just outlining the issue," according to one client."
Chambers Asia-Pacific
"The Buddle Findlay team are forward thinking, great communicators and commercial in their approach. Daniel Collins and Paul Farrugia specifically displayed all of these attributes (and more!)."
IFLR1000
- Recognised by IFLR1000 as a rising star partner for banking and finance
- Up and coming Partner, Chambers Asia-Pacific
- Next Generation Partner, Legal 500
- Mid Market Deal of the Year, NZ Law Awards 2022
Work highlights
Advising lenders on significant financing transaction
under the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act
Advising the lenders
on the first transaction under the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act implemented by Crown Infrastructure Partners, being the $175m facility to fund 13 transport projects across the Tauranga region
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 senior lenders
in relation to the project financing of the Kapuni Green Hydrogen Project
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