Adam Stapledon > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Offices
Level 6 Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia
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Adam Stapledon
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Energy & Natural Resources
Position
Head of Banking and Finance
Career
A leading banking and finance lawyer, Adam has over 25 years’ experience advising sponsors, borrowers and lenders in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, including on project, acquisition and corporate financing transactions across the infrastructure, renewables, energy and resources sectors.
Adam covers the full spectrum of financing, including capital markets, bank debt and private credit, with particular expertise in implementing complex multi-source financing structures.
Adam is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer by respected industry publications such as Best Lawyers, Legal 500, Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global. He has lectured on syndicated lending at the University of Sydney and is a member of the APLMA project finance sub-committee.
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Banking and finance
Corrs Chambers Westgarth‘s client roster includes a balanced range of corporates, foreign banks and alternative credit providers. It is also often instructed as Australian counsel by leading UK and US law firms in cross-border financings. Adam Stapledon and senior partner John Mosley have significant expertise in acquisition, project and corporate financing transactions across the infrastructure, renewables, energy and resources sectors. Stewart Robertson leads on domestic term loan B, unitranche, first/second lien loans, and syndicated and bilateral finance. Megan Russell is recognised for her work in NDIS and social and affordable housing financing.
Australia > Project finance
(Leading individuals)Corrs Chambers Westgarth‘s growing project finance practice, which spans Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, ‘has deep capability across levels and continues to provide access to partners and senior associates as required.’ One key name is Clare Corke in Brisbane, who is described by one client as ‘a very astute lawyer who delivers a good legal service.’ Adam Stapledon, who joined the group from A&O Shearman in July 2022, heads up the team, along with James Abbott, who has experience on a wide range of project financings across the infrastructure, energy and resources sectors, including high-value debt financing. Other key elements of the practice are bankable structures mandates and diversified funding sources. Paul Brickley is a key name for government infrastructure projects. Special counsel Julie Myers, also in Brisbane, has a strong grasp of matters relating to bilateral and syndicated facilities.
Australia > Infrastructure projects and construction
Boasting ‘excellent depth of team and industry knowledge‘, Corrs Chambers Westgarth‘s sizeable bi-coastal practice made great strides in expanding its front-end project capabilities with the high-profile lateral hires of A&O Shearman‘s projects co-head Adam Stapledon and project finance partners James Abbott and Simon Huxley (all of whom joined the Sydney office in late 2022). ‘Exceptional problem solver‘ Chris Ryder (in Perth) and ‘technically brilliant‘ practice co-head Andrew Stephenson (in Melbourne) are the standout construction lawyers, while Joseph Barbaro is another key Melbourne contact for project delivery and outsourcing. Litigators Carla Mills and practice co-head Matthew Muir are also highly recommended in Sydney and Brisbane, respectively. In Victoria, senior partner John Walter and David Warren act for governments, sponsors, contractors and financiers on road and rail PPPs, rolling stock procurement and social infrastructure projects.
Australia > Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
Tracey Greenaway, who joined the firm in Perth in June 2022 from Allens, leads the team at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Greenaway bolsters the group’s oil and gas sector knowledge and strength advising international and domestic oil and gas majors on M&A matters. Other additions to the team include Adam Stapledon, James Abbott and Simon Huxley from A&O Shearman in July 2022. Anthony Lepere is a key name to note in corporate and project development work, with an emphasis on complex, cross-border M&A. The group often works on high-value transactions such as a major iron ore joint ventures, as well as cross-border transactions, regularly collaborating with the firm’s Papua New Guinea office.
Lawyer Rankings
- Infrastructure projects and construction Australia
- Leading individuals Australia > Project finance
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory) Australia
- Project finance Australia
- Banking and finance Australia
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