Allison Hancock > MinterEllisonRuddWatts > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Offices
PWC TOWER, 15 CUSTOMS STREET WEST
PO BOX 105 249
AUCKLAND 1143
New Zealand
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Allison Hancock
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Allison is a banking and finance lawyer with more than 15 years’ experience advising both financiers and borrowers on all types of financing transactions and banking matters. Allison has extensive international and domestic expertise having spent ten years working on high-profile, cross-border financings in Singapore before returning to New Zealand.
Allison is known for being responsive, easy to work with, and pragmatic. She loves what she does and her commitment to clients shows. Allison is a logical thinker, calm under pressure and solution-oriented.
Her experience spans general corporate lending, property finance, acquisition finance, and trade and commodity finance. Allison is sought out for her sustainable finance experience, having worked on some of Singapore’s ‘market firsts’ and largest sustainable finance transactions which helped shape the market. She brings that experience to the New Zealand market and continues to work on market-leading sustainable financing transactions in New Zealand.
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Banking and finance
(Rising stars)Well-regarded for its ‘pragmatic and commercial’ approach, MinterEllisonRuddWatts is trusted by investment banks, financial institutions, sponsors, issuers, trustees, corporates, and government departments on the full gamut of banking and finance mandates. The ‘top-notch’ team is highly capable of handling regulation and compliance matters, financial restructuring, sustainable finance and leverage, and private capital finance. The practice is jointly led by the ‘diligent’ Steve Gallaugher and Jeremy Muir. Gallaugher is an expert in unitranche, syndicated, and bilateral finance transactions, while Muir is recommended for his expertise in cryptocurrencies, digital tokens and coins, non-fungible tokens, and other blockchain projects. The ‘very experienced’ Kate Lane is a key port of call for New Zealand’s major banks and major corporates. Chris O’Brien has significant public law experience, regularly handling large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects. Other key individuals include Simon Gray, who is noted for his interest in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and associate Allison Hancock, who advises both financiers and borrowers on all types of financing transactions and banking matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Projects and resources management (including environment)
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