Profile

Seamus specialises in banking and finance law and has experience in advising lenders and borrowers domestically and internationally.  He has a broad range of experience with an emphasis on leveraged and acquisition finance, syndicated lending, property finance and fund finance.

Seamus has also practised at a leading law firm in Ireland.

Work highlights

Work highlights

Global loans

  • Advising the mandated lead arranger (Goldman Sachs) and the syndicate of lenders on AUB Group's $850m syndicated refinancing
  • Advising the joint lead arrangers, administrative agent (Barclays) and the syndicate of lenders on FNZ Group's $4b syndicated refinancing
  • Advising various lenders in their respective funding to entities within the FirstCape group.

Leveraged and acquisition finance

  • Advising the syndicate of lenders to Stonepeak to provide $1b in funding in relation to its entry into a scheme of arrangement to acquire Arvida
  • Advising the lender in its funding of Direct Capital's acquisition of the Wet & Forget Group
  • Advising the lender in its funding of West Lane Capital Partners' acquisition of Lanocorp New Zealand.

Property finance

  • Advising Bank of New Zealand in its green loan funding of Precinct Properties' development of a new 6-star green seismically resilient commercial office building
  • Advising Bank of New Zealand in its funding of the Precinct Properties and PAG joint ventures with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to acquire commercial offices buildings.

Retirement villages

  • Advising the syndicate of lenders on the acquisition and ongoing funding of the Arvida Group of companies
  • Advising the lender to the Heritage Lifecare Resthome and Retirement Village Group of companies.
Experience

Experience

Sector/Expertise

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