Tom is a Partner in our Banking & Finance practice.
He has extensive experience advising financial institutions, investors and corporate borrowers on debt finance and commercial transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, project finance, asset finance, private credit, pre-IPO and margin finance, real estate finance and general banking transactions.
He advises clients across a number of sectors, including financial services, energy (including renewables), maritime, logistics, infrastructure, manufacturing and hotels & leisure.
A selection of his experience includes acting for:
Acquisition Finance – General Banking
- A large syndicate of lenders on US$2 billion revolving credit facilities (including a swingline facility) and subsequent US$1 billion bolt-on financing for a major casino consortium, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Various financial institutions as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner in relation to up to US$1 billion multicurrency term and revolving facilities for a water projects group, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- A port terminal operator on its US$250 million voluntary bid and related financing for the acquisition of all equity interests in a maritime company, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- A syndicate of lenders on a US$420 million outbound acquisition facility for a leading technology conglomerate, listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Project Finance – Renewables
- A club of international banks on various senior bridge loan facilities (in excess of EUR300 million) in favour of an Asia-based power conglomerate for financing the acquisition of solar power portfolios (exceeding 750MW) in Southern Europe.
- A joint venture company and its sponsors on their US$2 billion financing arrangements for the development of a 2x600MW supercritical coal-fired power plant in South-East Asia.
- A financial institution as arranger of various ECA-covered bridge financing arrangements in favour of a Chinese SOE for the development and operation of solar power projects (exceeding 700MW) in the Middle-East.
- A public/private joint venture on its multi-billion US dollar financing and charter arrangements of up to 10 arctic LNG carriers for the Arctic LNG 2 Project.
- Tom is recommended by legal industry directory, Legal 500, “…for acquisition and leveraged finance.”