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I advise sponsors and borrowers and their lenders across transactions in real estate finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, unitranche, TLB and institutional debt financings, general corporate finance, sustainability linked and green financings and infrastructure financing. I have been named as a Rising Star Partner - Banking and Finance by IFLR1000 and was named the 2023 Banking & Finance Partner of the Year by Lawyers weekly. I am the Co-Lead of G+T’s Real Estate Capital Markets sector group.My recent transaction highlights include acting for:• The MLAUBs and various lenders in connection with the $4.6 billion Sustainability Linked Loan financing for AirTrunk.• The MLAUBs and various lenders in connection with the $1.45 billion common terms deed financing in relation to Blackstone’s 84 property Australian Core Property Fund.• The MLAUBs and various lenders in connection with the $1.5 billion refinancing for Aveo Retirement.• The MLAUBs and various lenders in connection with the $1.04 billion refinancing for Ixom.• Various lenders in connection with the financing for Blackstone’s c. $8.9 billion acquisition of Crown Resorts Group.• Canberra Data Centres in relation to its 2022 c. A$2.7 billion refinancing of its primary corporate debt facilities, including capital expenditure, working capital facilities and US Private Placement.• The MLAUBs in relation to the c. A$2.3 billion acquisition facilities for ESR Australia’s acquisition of the $3.8 billion Milestone Logistics Portfolio, the largest direct real estate acquisition in the Aus market.• KKR in relation to its A$2 billion Term Loan B financing for its acquisition of 55% of Colonial First State from CBA.• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets in relation to the Term Loan B facilities to fund its A$2.3 billion acquisition of ASX listed Bingo Industries Limited.• Alinta Energy in relation to the 2022 A$1.35 billion refinancing of its primary corporate bank debt facilities.• The Lenders to Snowy Hydro in relation to various corporate debt facilities, and its c. $3.5 billion debt facilities in connection with Snowy 2.0 development.• Lenders to ESR in relation to its A$850 million refinancing of ESR Australia Logistics Partnership’s (EALP) existing facilities.• Morgan Stanley as MLAUB in relation to the c. $262 million refinancing of the commercial office tower at 388 George St owned by Brookfield. • Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Citi in relation to a c. $350 million margin loan for Blackstone in connection with their investment in the Crown Resorts Group.

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