Peter Kay

Partner | Melbourne

+61 3 8644 3728 pkay@hwle.com.au

Peter is an experienced finance lawyer who acts for financiers and borrowers in relation to a large variety of complex financing transactions.

Prior to joining HWL Ebsworth in 2015, Peter was a partner at Minter Ellison.  He has also worked in London, where he gained considerable experience working on complex cross border leveraged finance transactions.

Peter’s practice covers bilateral, club and syndicated lending, with a particular focus on corporate finance (both secured and unsecured), property and construction financing, agri finance, health and acquisition and leveraged finance.

Peter acts for banks, credit funds and major borrowers (both listed and unlisted) on a regular basis.

Peter has been named in Best Lawyers™ Australia for Banking and Finance Law and Structured Finance Law.

Expertise

Experience

  • Pact GroupAdvised Pact Group Holdings Limited in relation to all of its debt facilities, including syndicated facilities with a syndicate of domestic and international banks, subordinated debt facilities, receivables facilities and working capital arrangements.
  • AmotivAdvised Amotiv Limited in relation to its club facilities, common terms deed arrangements and US$ Note facilities.
  • RidleyAdvised Ridley Group in relation to its club facilities provided by major Australian banks.
  • CBAAdvised Commonwealth Bank in relation to numerous lending transactions, including loan facilities provided to the Qualitas Senior Housing Fund to support its acquisition of a portfolio of retirement villages.
  • NABAdvised National Australia Bank in relation to debt facilities provided to the Heritage Care Group of Companies, to support their portfolio of aged care facilities.
  • WestpacAdvised Westpac Banking Corporation in relation to numerous lending transactions including corporate debt facilities provided to the Jayco Group of companies, the Patterson Cheney Group, APT Travel and others.
  • MerricksActed for Merricks Capital in connection with senior debt facilities provided to ICAM Duxton Port Infrastructure Trust and the Lucky Bay T-Ports port facility.
  • GoldfieldsActed for major developer, Goldfields in relation to its $200m plus debt facilities to develop a build to rent residential project in Windsor, Victoria.