NEW ZEALAND Law and Practice Contributed by: David Weavers, Alex MacDuff, Matt Consedine and Verniel Virtucio, Russell McVeagh
Russell McVeagh has New Zealand’s leading private credit offering. The broader banking and finance team has seven partners and 27 other qualified lawyers, with virtually all senior lawyers having worked for leading magic circle and/or US firms. No other team in the market has this depth of senior expertise. The team acts for both borrower and private credit lend - ers and has advised on some of the largest transac -
tions. The team is the go-to adviser for the growing non-bank lending market – including having assisted two of New Zealand’s largest private credit managers in establishing new funds – and regularly works with regional and global private equity sponsors on their New Zealand acquisitions (including related financ - ings) and private credit lenders.
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David Weavers is a partner and co-leads Russell McVeagh’s private credit offering. He regularly acts for global and regional private equity sponsors and private credit lenders on their New Zealand transactions. David has completed all three levels of examinations for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme. He has over 15 years’ experience leading complex event-driven financing transactions (including LBOs, acquisition finance, special situations and restructuring transactions) across the capital structure in Europe, Asia and the US, having been based for many years with leading US law firms in those markets before returning to New Zealand.
Matt Consedine is a special counsel at Russell McVeagh and has extensive experience in advising non-bank/direct lenders, banks, sponsors and corporates on a wide range of market-leading cross-border
financing transactions, including acquisition finance (across the credit spectrum and including public takeovers), corporate finance, fund finance, real estate finance, margin lending and restructurings. He has also assisted fund managers with fund formation. In addition to his experience in the New Zealand market, Matt spent four years working at Linklaters LLP in London, where he acted on some of the most complex and significant transactions in the market.
Alex MacDuff is a partner in Russell McVeagh’s restructuring and insolvency team with over 12 years’ experience in practice in New Zealand and the UK. He has experience advising in domestic and cross-
Verniel Virtucio is a senior solicitor in Russell McVeagh’s restructuring and insolvency team with previous banking and finance experience at another leading New Zealand law firm. Since joining Russell McVeagh,
border distressed situations across the capital structure, including advising borrowers, sponsors, banks and private credit platforms on restructurings, event-driven structuring and enforcement, and distressed refinancings. Alex also acts for insolvency practitioners in formal appointments, such as receiverships, voluntary administrations and liquidations.
he has worked on a range of complex domestic and cross-border debt restructurings, with a particular focus on restructuring transactions acting for corporate debtors, creditors and insolvency practitioners.
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