The banking and finance practice at Lane Neave regularly acts for a range of clients throughout the industry. The group is highly regarded for its key areas of expertise, including transactional work, debt recovery and restructuring, regulatory compliance, and a particular focus on the aviation industry. Evelyn Jones heads the practice and brings deep expertise in securitisation, structured finance products, as well as the aviation and real estate sectors.
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‘The team is responsive and has the expertise to get the job done quickly and accurately and with minimum fuss.’
‘Evelyn Jones is easy to deal with and approachable, which makes dealing with her and her team a pleasure.’
'Ready availability, ability to understand our issues and to respond to our needs professionally. '
'The LN team are very responsive and supportive of our business needs.'
Key clients
- Bank of New Zealand
- ANZ Bank of New Zealand Limited
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Bank of China
- China Construction Bank
- Vincent Securities Limited
- Service Foods Limited
- Public Trust
- Unity Credit Union
- Limelight Financial Services Limited
- BT Mining Limited
- Ticketek Group
Work highlights
Acted for the Limelight Group on the restructuring of a securitisation programme, amendments to an investor note programme, group recapitalisation involving a debt-to-equity conversion, and the sale of assets with intercreditor considerations cutting across all workstreams.
Acted for a leading bank on the refinance and expansion funding of a nationwide self-storage business, with a facility secured over its existing portfolio and structured to support the acquisition of new storage sites across New Zealand.
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Practice head
Evelyn Jones