Current practice
Patrick joined Freehills' Banking & Finance practice as a partner on 1 July 2001, having been a solicitor in the firm's Sydney office since 1994.
As well as practising in banking and finance law, Patrick has worked in the corporate and commercial area where his practice focused on mergers & acquisitions.
Patrick has experience in a range of banking & finance transactions, including capital markets, project finance, structured finance, acquisition financing and insolvency refinancing. His clients include government authorities, corporations, banks and investment banks.
Experience
Recently, Patrick has acted for:
- the New South Wales Treasury Corporation in relation to its $10 billion Euro MTN Program and various note issues in Europe and Japan
- Fannie Mae in relation to its US$20 billion global note issuance program and various A$ note issues in the Euro markets
- Fletcher Challenge in relation to its US$700 million United States debt security program
- Citibank in relation to its $2 billion domestic Certificate of Deposit/MTN Program and the arranging of $200 million domestic commercial paper and medium-term note program for Ecolab
- Merrill Lynch in relation to the Merrill Lynch Finance (Australia) Pty Limited $1.5 billion commercial paper program and $200 million MTN Program, as well as the arranging and/or underwriting of a number of domestic and international programs and note issues (including various Kangaroo Bond issues by Merrill Lynch & Co)
- Dai-Ichi Kangyo in relation to the Dai-Ichi Kangyo US$2 billion Euro MTN Program
- Scottish Power UK Plc in relation to its $650 million credit wrapped kangaroo bond issue
- Westfield Trust in relation to its Australia and New Zealand MTN Program
- UBS Warburg in relation to its arranging of a $180 million property securitisation for Amcor Limited
- a consortium of Australian, United Kingdom and United States banks in relation to a proposed $3 billion plus project financing of the acquisition by a short-listed bidder of the electricity distribution and retail businesses of the South Australian State Government
- One.Tel Limited in relation to the $1.15 billion project financing of its mobile telephone network rollout
- a consortium of banks in relation to the $800 million project financing of the Nextgen optic fibre cable rollout
- National Australia Bank Limited in relation to the $160 million project financing of the Fox Studios Project
- the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Macquarie Bank Limited in relation to their arranging of a proposed $100 million mezzanine debt project financing of Australian Magnesium Corporation Limited's Stanwell Magnesium Plant
- the Toronto-Dominion Bank in relation to the project financing of the Smithfield Cogeneration Project and the Collinsville Power Project
- a number of public sector entities, banks, investment banks and advisers in relation to a number of actual and proposed cross border and domestic lease financing transactions
- a number of domestic and international banks, and corporations in relation to the financing of acquisition transactions, and
- a number of domestic and international corporations, and financial institutions in relation to structured equity and derivative transactions.
Professional background
Patrick holds Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of New South Wales, and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney.