Adela Smith

Adela’s experience includes advising:

• Consortium comprising MIRA and Aware Super in respect of their $3.5 billion acquisition of Vocus Group Limited, including a syndicated financing of A$2.1 billion.
• Deutsche Bank (Sydney, Singapore and London branches) on the debt financing for MIRA to fund its acquisition of an 88% stake in AirTrunk, valuing AirTrunk at more than $A3 billion.
• The lenders (Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Natixis) on the S$450 million syndicated debt financing for AirTrunk, to fund the largest neutral data centre in Singapore.
• Tilt Renewables on the $1.073 billion sale of the Snowtown 2 Wind Farm to Palisade Investment Partners and First State Super, the biggest transaction of its type in Australia. Snowtown 2 is the second-largest wind farm in Australia. 
• Tilt Renewables in connection with the A$616 million project financing of the Snowtown 2 Wind Farm.
• Goldman Sachs as arranger and underwriter of a senior term loan, and Westpac and CBA as super senior revolving credit facility lenders in relation to the Infigen Energy Group’s refinancing by way of a 5-year A$605 million syndicated facility agreement.
• Tilt Renewables in connection with the financing of the Dundonnell Wind Farm, which benefits from an offtake agreement from the Victorian government under the Victorian Renewable Energy Auction Scheme – the first of its kind in Victoria.
• Arowana in connection with the financing of the Lucky Bay grain port facility in South Australia, owned by T-Ports.
• Beach Energy on the A$1.585 billion acquisition of Lattice Energy from Origin Energy, including A$1.475 billion in new senior secured syndicated debt facilities.
• Harbour Energy on its A$14.4 billion proposal to acquire Santos Limited.
• Goldman Sachs as arranger and underwriter of a senior term loan, and Westpac and CBA as super senior revolving credit facility lenders in relation to the Infigen Energy Group’s refinancing by way of a 5-year A$605 million syndicated facility agreement.
• A bidder in relation to their proposed acquisition of the Equis Energy group, including 17 solar farm projects in Australia.
• Reliance Rail on the A$2 billion refinancing and recapitalisation of the NSW government rolling stock PPP contract, including a mix of bank debt and bonds.
• National Australia Bank Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as financiers to Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, funding the multimillion-dollar construction of the Clare Solar Farm project.
• Trustpower Limited and Tilt Renewables Limited on the A$800 million financing for the demerged renewable asset business.
• A syndicate of 12 senior financiers on the senior secured debt funding of the winning consortium bid for the A$10.3 billion privatisation of electricity distributor TransGrid by way of 99 year lease.
• The financiers to the Hastings-led consortium in relation to a bid for electricity transmission company, Endeavour Energy.