Guy Lethbridge > Russell McVeagh > Wellington, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile

Clients single out Russell McVeagh for its ‘capability and expertise across the banking and finance sector, making them well-placed to provide advice on a broad range of issues’, from bond issuances and securitisations to corporate and acquisition finance, debt restructurings and project finance. In the firm’s Wellington office, Guy Lethbridge chairs the national practice group – specialising in debt capital markets and the regulation of banks, insurers and other financial institutions – while Tom Hunt has particular expertise in infrastructure and project finance matters. The Auckland office is home to ‘experienced partners’ Deemple Budhia and John Powell, who are praised as ‘effective communicators, highly responsive and attuned to my client’s commercial demands’. Also in Auckland, David Weavers is noted for his capability in the corporate finance and alternative credit arenas, while Jesse Fairley, who was promoted to partner in December 2021, ‘has all the attributes necessary of an excellent banking and finance lawyer’.