Amy is a project finance specialist with over 10 years’ experience advising both sponsors and financiers in relation to major infrastructure projects and acquisitions in Australia.
In particular Amy focuses on infrastructure, Public Private Partnerships, social housing and energy transition.
Amy advises sponsors and financiers on highly complex projects across all areas including the nation's major infrastructure projects, cutting edge energy transition transactions and the emerging social housing sector, with particular expertise on advising on complex security structures. Amy’s clients benefit from her commercial and strategic acumen and her strong network within the Australian project finance market.
Amy was recognised as a "Rising star" in Project Finance by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific Australia in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Amy’s work highlights include:
- CWO REZ PPP: advising the lending group consisting of 21 banks in relation to a bidding consortium’s bid for the Central West OranaRenewable Energy Zone PPP.
- Sydney Metro City South West PPP and Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport PPP: advising Plenary’s lenders in relation to the refinancing of Stage 1 of the Sydney Metro PPP and financing of the augmentation undertaken in accordance with the NSW augmentation framework for Stage 2 and advising the lenders to the Plenary lead consortiums’ successful bid for the Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport project.
- Western Roads Upgrade PPP: advising the financiers to the Plenary lead successful consortium in relation to the Western Roads Upgrade PPP in Victoria, and subsequent refinancing. The financing package involved both senior bank lenders and USPP noteholders.
- GLM1 PPP, Phase 2: advising Housing Australia on Phase 2 of the Victorian Ground Lease Model 1 social housing PPP.
- Ratch Portfolio Financing: advising RatchAustralia on the portfolio financing of the Collector, Collinsville and Mt Emerald projects.
- Port of Melbourne: advising the club of 17 financiers to the winning consortium comprising QIC, Borealis and GIP in relation to the Port of Melbourne privatisation and subsequent refinancings in the Bank debt, USPP and ITL markets.
- Sydney Airport: advising the Lenders in relation to the financing for IFM and GIP’s successful takeover bid.
- Evolution Healthcare and HealiusDay Hospitals: advising QIC’s lenders in relation to their successful bids for Evolution Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand and HealiusDay Hospitals.
- Lochard Energy: advising QIC on the successful acquisition of the Iona Gas Storage Facility and ongoing financing arrangements.
- ElectraNet: acting for ElectraNet on its $875 million financing in 2021, its $450m financing in 2022 and its $550m Institutional Term Loan in 2023.
- WestConnex: acting for Sydney Transport Partners on its successful acquisition of a 51% stake in the WestConnex projects and acting for WestConnex on its $4.2 billion refinancing of Stage 1 (M4) and advising on the establishment and implementation of a new group funding structure for the WestConnex Group including refinancings in 2021, 2022 and 2023 in the Bank, ITL, AMTN and USPP capital markets.
- Transurban Queensland: advising on all aspects of its financing arrangements in relation to the Queensland road network, including advising Transurban, AusSuper and ADIA consortium in relation to the consortium’s successful bid for Queensland Motorways and subsequent successful bid for the Airportlink toll road and structuring the financing arrangements which has included complex structuring advice, various bond issuances in the AMTN, USPP, EMTN markets, long term debt from REST Super, the 2018 $960 million refinancing of AirportLink and the financing of the Logan Enhancement Project (being QLD’s first market led proposal).
