AUSTRALIA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Lewis Grimm, Alastair Gourlay, Dean Bao and Emily Tsoi Jones Day Jones Day has an Australia-based acquisition finance team that advises on Australian, New York and English law and on a range of financ- ing arrangements for borrowers, financiers and sponsors. Jones Day’s acquisition finance ad- vice encompasses every stage of the debt cycle – from structuring and documentation of initial terms, to advising on complex restructurings,
standstills, and “amend and extends” , through to advising on safe harbour, enforcement, and insolvency/near-insolvency scenarios. With- in a global firm of 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents, the five partners, three of counsels and four associates that comprise the firm’s Australia-based acquisition finance team often advise on complex cross-border matters.
Authors
Lewis Grimm is a financial markets partner at Jones Day and has over two decades of leveraged finance experience working on marquee deals in New York, Europe and Australia.
Alastair Gourlay is a financial markets partner at Jones Day and has over 20 years of experience representing financial institutions, private credit funds, and sponsors on
He represents financial institutions, direct and institutional lenders, and corporate borrowers on cutting-edge domestic and cross-border leveraged and investment-grade lending and high yield transactions as well as high-profile restructuring and bankruptcy matters. Lewis is a committee member of the Asia Pacific Loan Markets Association and has recently presented to them as well as at recent Loan Market Association and Loan Syndication and Trading Association conferences in London and New York.
cross-border leveraged finance and private credit transactions. In recent years, he has advised on various Term Loan B and unitranche acquisition financing facilities, including EQT’s acquisition of the Icon Group and TPG’s acquisition of Invocare. Alastair is ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific for both acquisition finance and corporate finance and is a committee member of the Asia Pacific Loan Markets Association and the Funds Finance Association.
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