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The Arrium Proceedings: when is a company insolvent? When is a representation not a representation?
14 October 2021
Bryan Paisley
PartnerSydney
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +61 2 9093 3506
Fax +61 2 9093 3559
LanguagesEnglish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
"I've always found him good to deal with."
Chambers Asia Pacific 2019
Bryan has over 20 years of experience as a corporate finance lawyer acting for banks, credit funds, investors, and borrowers on a range of corporate bank/finance facilities, leveraged and acquisition finance transactions, real estate deals, fund financings, secondary debt transactions and distressed refinancing.
Bryan also advises parties in connection with loan portfolio management transactions and insolvency practitioners concerning banking and security matters.
He brings extensive domestic and cross-border knowledge to his clients, having practised in at international law firms in London, Frankfurt and Australia.
Awards and recognitions
2012-2021
Banking and Finance Law
Best Lawyers (Australia)
2012-2021
Distressed Investing & Debt Trading Practice
Best Lawyers (Australia)
2012-2021
Ranked Lawyer – Corporate Finance – Band 3
Chambers Asia Pacific
2012-2020
Ranked Lawyer – Corporate Finance – Band 3
Chambers Global
2013-2020
Leading Individual – Banking & Finance
Asia Pacific Legal 500
2017-2020
Highly Recommended for Banking & Finance
IFLR
2017-2020
Listed Lawyer, Banking
Who’s Who Legal
Education and admissions
Education
University of Warwick
Queen's University Belfast
King's College London
Memberships
Law Society of New South Wales
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Turnaround Management Association
Benchmark Sub-Committee Member, Documentation Committee, Australian Branch APLMA
Bar admissions and qualifications
New South Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, Northern Ireland
Representative experience
Home Consortium Limited on:
AU$500 million syndicated financing in relation with its listing on ASX
AU$400 million syndicated financing in relation with the establishment of HomeCo Daily Needs REIT
A syndicate of bank lenders on the AU$900 million senior secured financing provided to an ASX-listed coal miner
Revolution Asset Management on $40,000,000 subscription finance facility for Revolution Private Debt Fund II
Emeco Holdings Limited (ASX-listed earth moving equipment provider) refinancing its 2022 US$322 million senior secured notes with 2024 US$180 million senior secured notes
Social Ventures Australia/HESTA on a low bono basis concerning a AU$20 million investment in the Nightingale Village development, a 185 affordable housing development in Melbourne*
Emeco Holdings Limited on its recapitalisation of a complex scheme of arrangement of its 2019 144A Notes – winner of Australian Turnaround Management Association Restructuring Deal of the Year 2017*
A leading Australian IPTV provider on AU$30 million invoice financing arrangements concerning set-top boxes*
The administrators of a leading Australian free-to-air broadcaster on finance aspects of their appointment*
A low density residential property developer on the AU$90 million refinancing of its development facilities*
Major Australian property developer and owner in relation to refinancing of a large shopping centre in the ACT
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
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