Partner, Auckland
Board of Management
Paul Farrugia
Contact
- Auckland office
- DDI +64 9 358 7042
- M +64 21 763 476
Profile
Paul specialises in banking and finance law and has a broad range of experience in domestic and cross-border financings with an emphasis on leveraged and acquisition finance (including uni-tranche funding by non-bank financiers), syndicated lending and debt restructuring and workouts. Paul also has extensive experience advising senior and mezzanine funders in the property (incl. development) finance and agriculture sectors.
Paul heads Buddle Findlay's banking and financial services team and is a member of the firm's Board of Management.
Prior to joining Buddle Findlay, Paul worked in the global loans and leveraged finance teams at Allen & Overy in London.
"Paul is an excellent relationship manager. He has an excellent understanding of the finance market and is highly regarded for his commercial, sound and detailed approach. I would regard him as one of the top finance partners operating in NZ today."
AsiaLaw Profiles
"Paul Farrugia has built up a lot of experience and industry knowledge in the health sector and I consider him the most capable banking lawyer in this sector throughout New Zealand. Paul has acted for me on several high profile transactions in the health sector and has proven his worth to the bank countless times."
IFLR1000
"Technically strong, very commercial and manages the team and deal process well.”
Asialaw Profiles
- Paul Farrugia wins Asialaw's 2020 Lawyer of the Year, New Zealand
- Paul is listed as a 'leading lawyer' by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Asialaw Profiles, and IFLR1000.
Experience
International
Work highlights
Advising the lead arranger, underwrite and lending syndicate
on the funding of NZ Healthcare Investments' acquisition of Healthscope’s NZ pathology business Asia Pacific Health Group
Advising Tanarra Credit Partners
on its leveraged financing of the acquisition of Infrawork
Advising the unitranche/stretch senior lender
on the acquisition of Aegis by MMC
Advising the syndicate of lenders
to Northland based geothermal energy producer Top Energy
Advising the lender
in relation to Pioneer Capital's investment in the Rees hotel chain
Advising the syndicate of lenders
on the funding provided to ASX-listed Xero, including its acquisition of Canadian-based Hubdoc
Alternate contacts
Peter Owles
Partner, Auckland
Peter specialises in all aspects of banking and financial services law, with over 30 years' experience.…
- DDI +64 9 358 7047
- M +64 21 750 509
David Perry
Partner, Auckland
David specialises in banking and financial services, and restructuring and insolvency law. He represents banks and financial…
- DDI +64 9 358 7020
- M +64 21 632 268
Miriam Andrews
Partner, Auckland
Miriam specialises in banking and finance. Prior to re-joining Buddle Findlay in 2013, Miriam was transaction director at an…
- DDI +64 9 363 0638
- M +64 21 491 781