Lauren is a banking and finance lawyer with significant experience advising banks, corporate institutions and not-for-profit organisations on general corporate lending, acquisition finance, project finance and construction finance transactions. Lauren specialises in the preparation, negotiation and drafting of complex facility agreements, intercreditor arrangements and security structuring.
Lauren has a diverse background having worked at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt, Germany and Perth, Western Australia and has experience working in the property and general commercial sectors. Lauren is qualified to practice in Western Australia and in England & Wales.
Expertise
Experience
- A major Australian bank Advised in relation to corporate and acquisition facilities exceeding $80 million for a leading technology and IT solutions provider.
- A major Australian bank Advised in relation to the corporate financing and intercreditor arrangements for a market leading agricultural and industrial equipment supplier.
- A major LVL timber producer Advised in relation to the refinancing of its four-tiered senior, priority mezzanine, mezzanine and convertible note debt and advising on its supply agreements with the State of Western Australia.
- A syndicate of financial institutions Advised in relation to the financing of Glencore metals and Glencore grain operations in Australia.
- Norddeutsche Landesbank Advised in relation to the structuring and refinancing of a 13MW solar PV plant in the Australian Capital Territory.
- An Australian-Chinese renewable energy developer Advised on its power purchase agreement with an Australian university and advising on associated security and structuring arrangements.
- A syndicate of financial institutions Advised in relation to the financing and energy metering arrangements of Techem, a global energy service provider and its group of companies in Germany, Luxembourg, France, Austria, Denmark, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.
- Poslovni Sistem Mercator, d.d. and its group of international companies Advised on the financial restructuring of over EUR1 billion of debt.