Current practice

Industry experience

Chris has advised:

• the bank syndicate which financed the acquisition of Coles by Wesfarmers Limited, the largest syndicated facility to date in the Australian market
• Credit Suisse on financing for bids for Qantas, the Myer retail business, Patricks Corporation, 3M Pharmaceuticals and NZ Yellow Pages
• nabCapital, Westpac, BOSI and Suncorp on the financing of the acquisition of retirement villages by the RVG group
• Westpac, nabCapital and GE on the financing of the acquisition of five logistics businesses by Gresham Private Equity
• UBS AG on the financing of the acquisition of the WACO group by CCMP Asia
• Archer Capital on the acquisition of Rebel Sport by scheme of arrangement
• BOS International on the financing of the acquisition of Barminco by Gresham Private Equity
• Macquarie Bank on the financing of the acquisition of RG Capital Radio and DMG Regional Radio by Macquarie Regional Media Fund
• Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group on the financing of the acquisitions of Airwave and National Grid Wireless in the United Kingdom
• BOS International and Credit Suisse on the financing of the acquisition of the Emeco Group by GS Private Equity and Private Equity Partners
• BOS International and National Australia Bank Limited on the financing of the acquisition of Mincom Limited by Francisco Partners
• Dexus Property in connection with the $1.4 billion of debt raised in connection with the stapling of four listed property trusts and concurrent acquisitions of assets in the USA and New Zealand and subsequent refinancings
• Royal Bank of Scotland and Commonwealth Bank of Australia on the financing of mining equipment leased to the Leightons Group
• ABN AMRO as arranger and underwriter of the credit wrapped bond issue used to finance construction of the Lane Cove Tunnel
• Macquarie Bank on the financing of the acquisition of a portfolio of New South Wales hotels
• Investa Property Group on the financing of its successful hostile $1.9 billion takeover bid for Principal Office Fund
• Austar United Communications on its secured syndicated facilities and hybrid issue, and
• Investa Properties Limited on property financings and on the restructure and refinancing of the Investa Property Trust.

Professional background