Lane Neave regularly advises banks and financial institutions on development funding transactions and has particularly experience assisting on the creation of property funding structures. The firm is also well-versed in note issuances and mezzanine loan facilities. Evelyn Jones, who specialises in securitisation and structured products, leads the team. Joshua Jones joined the practice in February 2024 from Chapman Tripp, adding cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance experience.
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‘Evelyn Jones and the team are prompt and efficient and are able to accept the bank's requirements.'
‘Evelyn Jones is very knowledgeable and has great work ethnic.’
‘Lane Neave's team covers the whole of New Zealand with over 100 years of experience. The coverage they provide across the country is hard to replicate by other law firms.’
‘The people are easy to deal with and very commercial in their approach to transactions. They find solutions that protect the bank's interest and do not derail a transaction.'
‘A growing challenger team in the Auckland banking and finance legal market. They are on their way up.’
‘Evelyn Jones is a very technical lawyer than can help with the most knotty of legal problems.’
‘Lane Neave understands their clients’ needs, goals and regularly demonstrate tailored legal solutions to transactions that each have their unique characteristics.’
‘Evelyn has shown us time and time again that she has a deep understanding of her practice area, that separates her from some of her peers.’
Key clients
- Bank of New Zealand
- ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Bank of China
- China Construction Bank
- Vincent Securities Limited
- Service Foods Limited
- Fisher Funds Management Limited
- Public Trust
- Unity Credit Union
Work highlights
- Acted for Fisher Funds Management Limited in relation to the mezzanine subscription of Class B to E Notes by its managed funds to an existing securitisation programme established by MTF Finance Limited.
- Acted for Service Foods Limited and its related entities on the restructuring of its debt facilities with its banking syndicate.
- Advised the Ticketek Group on New Zealand law aspects of the amendment and restatement of its existing facility, and new financing which was partly applied to repay two of the existing mezzanine facilities.
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Practice head
Evelyn Jones
Other key lawyers
Joshua Jones