Josh Cairns

Kāinga Ora

Acting for Kāinga Ora on infrastructure funding and delivery arrangements to support its Large Scale Projects programme in Auckland under the $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund.

Local authority financings

Lead adviser to the local authority and CCO sector on financing arrangements, including debt facilities, commercial paper programmes, derivative arrangements, LGFA finance and participation in public private partnerships.

Dunedin City Treasury

Acted for Dunedin City Treasury on all aspects of its $1.6 billion debt capital raising programme, including its bond programme, underwriting facilities and participation in LGFA.

Infrastructure Holdings Limited

Acted for Infrastructure Holdings Limited, a treasury vehicle established by Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council to raise finance for CCOs Port Nelson Limited and Nelson Airport Limited, on its common terms financing arrangements.

Fulton Hogan

Acted for the club lenders on $900 million corporate finance facilities for leading infrastructure company Fulton Hogan.

Port of Napier

Acted for Port of Napier on its corporate finance facilities in connection with its initial public offer.

Sustainable lending

Acting for domestic banks on a range of sustainable and social loans, including the development of Westpac’s sustainable lending products. 

Optic Security Group

Acted for US fund manager, Arena Investors, on the Arena-led debt restructuring of the Optic Security Group, effected through a pre-packed voluntary administration and receivership.

Ebert Construction

Acted for PwC as receivers of Ebert Construction, the first formal insolvency to test the retention money trust regime under the Construction Contracts Act 2002.

Solid Energy

Acted for state-owned entity Solid Energy on its major debt restructurings (including under two Part 14 creditor compromises and its ground-breaking voluntary administration) and subsequent distressed asset sale process.