HopgoodGanim’s Banking and Finance specialists act for Australia’s leading financial institutions. Our team advise decisively and with vigour on complex transactions and we recognise the need for fast and effective advice when deal deadlines loom.
Our clients include large national retail banks, regional banking operators, private equity houses and boutique lenders.
Areas of Expertise
Our banking and finance team specialise in structured property finance transactions and work closely with a number of leading financial institutions and property developers to design effective financial structures to fund significant property and commercial developments.
Our specialists advise on insolvency and joint venture transactions, building and sale contracts, and assisting to draft such documentation. Acting for small to medium sized clients, HopgoodGanim’s specialists undertake the drafting of finance documents including loan agreements, charges and mortgages.
Our Experience
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Acting for Meridien Retirement Living in the cessation of its four-year retirement sector joint venture with AMP Capital. The transaction saw an investment bank provide capital by way of mezzanine and convertible facilities, allowing Meridien's existing debt facilities to be refinanced.
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Acting for Norton Gold Fields in connection with closing its gold hedge arrangements and issuing promissory and convertible notes worth $135 million. The transaction involved negotiating with interested parties located in a number of jurisdictions worldwide, including major note holder Lehman Brothers.
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Advising St.George Bank on financing various student accommodation facilities operated by the UniLodge Group and located throughout Australia and New Zealand, including negotiating complex multiparty agreements with upstream stakeholders.
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Acting for FKP Group in the restructuring of major development and working capital facilities worth $250 million.
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Acting for Arrow Energy on infrastructure and power station funding transactions worth $300 million.
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Acting for the joint venturers in the Riverlink Residential Development in Coomera to establish and finance the project.
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Advising the Lloyds International Group on a specifically tailored and structured facility to a major Queensland merchant bank, with security and financial operating covenants, based on secured receivables.
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Advising Capital Finance Australia on construction funding for the Roma Street Parklands development, including undertaking negotiations with Government on finance-related aspects of the Government-granted development lease of the precinct.
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Advising Meridien Group on various commercial, corporate and property-based facilities, including for the purposes of acquisition and construction of marina and property developments within the Group.
