Deemple Budhia > Russell McVeagh > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
Russell McVeagh Offices
VERO CENTRE
48 SHORTLAND STREET
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand
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Deemple Budhia
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Deemple specialises in debt capital markets and offers clients significant experience on securitisation (including covered bonds) and structured finance, financial markets regulation (including consumer credit) and derivatives. She is a trusted advisor to major banks, listed companies and government clients, and is regarded by her clients and peers as a focused partner and confident communicator.
Deemple is an expert in navigating clients through complex financial transactions, recently acting for UDC Finance on New Zealand’s largest non-bank warehouse and term securitisations. She has also advised on the establishment of numerous securitisation and covered bond programmes and issuances under those programmes, as well as the establishment of the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency which she continues to act for on all its funding arrangements. She has also assisted a number of major banks on recent changes to NZ’s consumer credit laws.
Deemple has co-authored The International Capital Markets Review 9th Edition; the Securitisation chapter for Chambers and Partners 2021 Global Practice Guides; and The Law Review’s Virtual Currency Regulation Review 3rd Edition.
Prior to joining Russell McVeagh in 2009, Deemple spent several years in London working in the securitisation team at Allen & Overy and then as an originator in Citibank’s European commercial property and securitisation team. She was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 1998.
Memberships
Deemple is a member of the New Zealand sub-committee for the Australian Securitisation Forum, and a member of the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal (NZMDT) – an independent regulatory body that ensures the integrity in our markets is maintained through determining whether an issuer or market participant has breached NZX’s market rules.
Education
LLB (Hons), BA, University of Auckland.
Lawyer Rankings
New Zealand > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)Well-regarded for its ability to offer clients an ‘excellent level of service’ and a ‘solution-focused’ approach, Russell McVeagh advise clients on a broad range of issues, covering debt capital markets, project finance, financial markets regulation, and corporate and acquisition finance. The practice is led by Guy Lethbridge
, who specialises in debt capital markets and the regulation of banks, insurers, and other financial institutions; he also regularly assists the New Zealand Bankers Association on industry issues. Debt capital markets specialist Deemple Budhia is key port of call to some of New Zealand’s top banks and is regarded as an expert in consumer credit law. John Powell is a specialist in sustainability lending, complex debt restructuring solutions, and supply-chain financing arrangements, while David Weavers is noted for his experience on market-leading corporate finance matters.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Banking and finance
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