Department of Treasury
Advised the Commonwealth Government on the establishment of a Special Purpose Vehicle to support Australia's leading banks to provide liquidity to car dealer financiers.
Westpac Banking Corporation
Acted for Westpac on several issues of Samurai bonds in the Japanese market to both wholesale and retail investors throughout 2008 and 2009.
Wesfarmers Limited
Advising on the establishment of its €3,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and on US$650 million in notes issued to the US debt capital markets in compliance with US Securities. Allens advised HBOS Treasury Services London on a A$600 million Kangaroo Bond issue under its EMTN programmes Laws Rule 144A.
Tabcorp
Advised Tabcorp, Australia's leading gambling entertainment group, on its A$300 million placement and A$70 million share purchase plan.
Lehman Brothers Treasury Co B.V.
Acted for the Dutch bankruptcy trustee of Lehman Brothers' insolvent European finance vehicle Lehman Brothers Treasury Co B.V. in respect of A$600 million of Australian notes in default that had been uplifted out of Austraclear.
Macquarie Leasing
Advised Macquarie Leasing on raising debt funding for its business through its SMART securitisation programme.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Advised CBA on three issuances of Samurai Bonds. In total there were four series under the three issuances, which were originally offered to wholesale investors and later extended to retail investors.
HBOS Treasury Services
Advised HBOS Treasury Services London on a A$600 million Kangaroo Bond issue under its EMTN programme.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Legal adviser to Bendigo and Adelaide Trust on a commercial securitisation to provide warehouse funding to two new trusts that will acquire assets from Investec Bank Limited.
Ambac Assurance Corporation
Advised Ambac Assurance Corporation as the financial guarantor of a private placement of medium-term notes by Powercor, an electricity distributor in South Australia.
ALE Property Trust
Advised ALE on a A$350 million CMBS issue, which included A$150m of super senior class AA 17.5 year index-linked notes.
Macquarie Bank
Advised on the high profile divestment of the hotel operations of Australia's largest brewer that involves two equity offerings, a subordinated debt offering and a substantial commercial mortgage backed securitisation.
Macquarie Countrywide Management Limited
Advised for Macquarie Bank Ltd, on a A$450 million commercial mortgage backed securitisation (CMBS) by Macquarie CountryWide Management.