Property & Construction Finance
Allens Arthur Robinson has one of the largest and most dynamic groups of banking and finance specialists in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm was ranked in the highest tier of Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for 2008 in all areas of finance covered by the publication. Our team is billed as a 'class act' across the banking & finance sector with 'top-quality people' who provide 'exceptional client service' (Chambers Global 2008).
The right people with the right approach
Our finance experts regularly advise financiers and sponsors on complex and highly-structured construction and property finance transactions across all sectors of the industry. As well as legal and technical excellence, we offer genuine knowledge of the industry and its key players.
We are familiar with the full range of financing techniques and documentation relevant to this area, including design and construct contracts, development agreements and associated agreements with builders, key tenants and government authorities. We maintain a comprehensive database of major upcoming deals in both the property and infrastructure sectors which we make available to our key clients by way of our Project & Infrastructure Survey.
Our team has particular experience in matters involving debt raising by funds, in particular, REITs and other managed investment schemes. This means we understand the complex matrix of legal, tax and regulatory issues that market participants typically encounter and can effectively advise owners and lenders on the structuring of property transactions undertaken by those funds.
Our clients include CBA, Westpac, ANZ Bank, RBS, Suncorp-Metway, BOS International, Record Realty Trust, Goodman Group, Charter Hall, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.
Key examples of AAR's work includes advising the financiers on the acquisition, development and/or refinancing of:
- Office towers - Aurora Place, Citigroup Tower, Chifley Tower, Deutsche Bank Place, King Street Wharf, 233 and 149 Castlereagh Street, 35 Clarence Street, Governor Phillip and Governor Macquarie Tower (Sydney), Woodside development (Perth), No. 1 King William Street (Adelaide), 333 Ann Street (Brisbane).
- Hotels - Park Hyatt Sydney, Regent Hotel Sydney, Raffles Hotel Group, Grand Hotel Group, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Marriott Gold Coast and Sydney, Sofitel Brisbane, Sofitel Wentworth Sydney.
- Residential - ANU student accommodation (Canberra), Rhodes Waterside shopping centre and residential development (Perth), RMIT residential development, Waterford Valley development (Melbourne), North Lakes development (Brisbane).
In addition to our finance capabilities, our finance team can call on the extensive resources of other members of our firm in the related areas of taxation, real estate funds management, construction, and environment and planning.
