Profile
Peter specialises in all aspects of banking and financial services law, with over 30 years' experience.
Peter specialises in infrastructure and project development, including public private partnerships (PPP). He has worked on projects in the roading and transport, water and waste water, energy, social housing, health, oil, gas and minerals, and telecommunications sectors, providing advice to sponsors, lenders, contractors and governments in New Zealand and internationally.
Peter also provides corporate and commercial advice to companies with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors. Peter has a particular interest in geothermal energy and has advised clients in New Zealand and internationally on a variety of projects.
He is also recognised as an expert in securitisation and structured financing, acquisition/leveraged finance and financial services regulation.
"Peter is an excellent operator. He is generally regarded as one of the best lawyers in the country for complex structured finance matters. He provides sound, reasoned advice in a clear, calm manner."
IFLR1000
Peter is a "seasoned practitioner who is considered to be a market leader in terms of projects."
Chambers and Partners
Peter is "a recognised industry leader in project finance, who makes complicated legal issues easy to understand."
Legal 500
- Peter is listed as a "leading lawyer" by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, and Asialaw Profiles
Experience
Sector / Expertise
- AML / CFT
- Asia business
- Banking and financial services
- Capital markets
- Construction and projects
- Electricity
- Energy and resources
- Entertainment, film and television
- Financial services regulation
- Irrigation
- Joint ventures
- Leveraged and acquisition finance
- Project and infrastructure financing/PPP
- Securitisation
- Structured finance
- Transport
International
Work highlights
Advising Energy Fiji
in relation to its new syndicated financing facilities, the largest syndicated financing done in Fiji to date
Acting for Bank of New Zealand
as lender providing limited recourse project financing for the Cardrona Valley Wastewater project
Advising lenders to short-listed consortia bidding on
NZ Schools 1, 2 and 3, Tauranga, Tamaki and Christchurch Social Housing, and Wiri and Auckland East Prison PPP projects
Advising Central Plains Water
on the funding for and construction of the Central Plains irrigation scheme
Acting for lenders
providing financing facilities to Auckland Council
Acting for arrangers and lenders
of a vehicle leasing securitisation programme for Eclipx
Alternate contacts
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Partner, Auckland
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