Senior Solicitor, Christchurch
Rennae Hopkins

Contact DETAILS
- Christchurch office
- DDI +64 3 371 3522
Profile
Rennae specialises in banking and finance, residential and commercial property and general commercial and corporate law.
Rennae advises both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of lending transactions (including property and project finance and syndicated lending) and regularly acts for some of New Zealand's major banks to fund residential property and apartment developments and prominent investment asset acquisitions.
Rennae also has experience in statutory and regulatory compliance, including advising on the Financial Markets Conduct Act, financial advisers' regime, Credit Contract and Consumer Finance Act and anti-money laundering.
Rennae also acts on a wide range of commercial and corporate transactions, including general commercial agreements, sale and purchase of real estate, capital raising and corporate governance.
Experience
Work highlights
Acting for several major NZ banks
on numerous development funding transactions in the post-earthquake property market
Advising Southland Building Society and Finance Now
on all aspects of regulatory compliance
Advising Southland Building Society
on its consumer and corporate loan and security documents
Advising a number of local authorities
in relation to their bank financing requirements and assisting a number of local authorities to join, and borrow from, the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency
Advising on the statutory and regulatory compliance
of a 'first of its kind' government-funded affordable housing initiative
Alternate contacts

Jan Etwell
Partner, Christchurch
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- DDI +64 3 371 3514
- M +64 21 655 604

Rebecca Green
Special Counsel, Christchurch
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- DDI +64 3 371 3560
- M +64 21 213 7131