She heads the Securitisation, Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives team and has over 25 years of experience as an in-house counsel and private practice lawyer in financial services. She is a leading expert in debt capital markets, securitisation and structured finance with deep expertise in derivatives.
Louise advises dealers and issuers, including major Australian trading banks and investment banks, on a range of listed and unlisted domestic, euro, global and privately placed RMBS and asset-backed securitisation transactions.
She regularly acts for banks, financial institutions and other listed corporations in their debt and equity capital markets transactions, with significant experience in issuances into the domestic, US and Euro markets.
Louise’s expertise in sustainable finance covers sustainability bonds and frameworks, as well as acting on the development of a range of ESG deposits, repos and other innovative ESG-linked fixed income products. She also advises on sustainability-linked derivatives, derivatives over environmental credits and on ACCU financing including prepayment finance structures.
Louise acts for banks, corporates and private equity in relation to all forms of derivatives including, swaps, collars, repos, securities lending and other similar instruments, as well as deal contingent hedges, stock loans, margining and security interest arrangements.