Will Tipping

Will has extensive experience across a range of finance matters, with a particular focus on acquisition financing, special situations and restructuring.

• Acting for Optic Security Group Finance Limited as borrower in relation to senior and subordinated debt facilities raised in connection with the Optic Security Group roll up transaction.
• Acting for the debt arrangers in relation to the refinance of facilities to First Gas Limited, including new acquisition facilities for the purchase of the Ahuroa and Rockgas assets
• Acting for the senior creditors in respect of multiple restructuring transactions, including debt for equity swaps in respect of Yellow Pages, MediaWorks and Metroglass
• Acting as NZ counsel for the senior lenders on the financing of Apax Partners’ NZ$2.6 billion takeover of Trade Me by way of  scheme of arrangement. 
• Acting for the senior lenders in relation to Adamantem’s acquisition of Hellers Limited
• Acting for various financiers on aircraft deliveries to Air New Zealand
• Acting for the lenders in relation to the acquisition by Intellihub of Metrix (Mercury Energy’s metering business)

• Asset finance
• Banking
• Private equity
• Project finance
• Restructuring and insolvency

• Aviation
• Banking
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Media

English

• New Zealand

New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Association / New Zealand Law Society (Auckland) / AVCAL (Australia)

• LLB (Hons) BCom, University of Canterbury (1997)