Alex Tonkin

Alex’s experience includes advising:

• Sigma Healthcare on the financing aspects of their ground-breaking merger with Chemist Warehouse Group.    

• The mandated lead arrangers, underwriters and bookrunners and other lenders on the $450 million highly complex refinancing of casino operator The Star Entertainment Group’s debt facilities.

• The Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners and other Lenders on Brookfield’s $1.45 billion refinancing of the corporate debt facilities for retirement village operator Aveo Group.

• Viva Energy Australia on the financing aspects of its $1.15 billion acquisition of the OTR Group.

• National Australia Bank as Super Senior Lender for Arrotex’s $1.26 billion unitranche refinancing.

• The mandated lead arrangers, underwriters and bookrunners on EIG’s joint bid with Brookfield for Origin Energy and the acquisition of assets from Tokyo Gas.

• TPG Capital on the acquisition financing for its $1.8 billion acquisition of InvoCare.

• Colinton Capital Partners on its acquisition of Midas Healthcare and the associated acquisition financing.

• Bloch on the refinancing of its debt facilities for a secured multi-currency borrowing base facility agreement provided by HSBC.

• The lenders for TGE’s asset based (equipment) financing and the associated intercreditor arrangements.

• AustralianSuper and Singtel on the financing aspects of their joint $1.9 billion acquisition of the Australia Tower Network mobile tower business, followed by the acquisition of the Axicom business for $3.58 billion.

• ENGIE on its bid for Spark Renewables and the associated acquisition financing package.