Pauline is a banking and finance lawyer with 20 years of New Zealand and international experience acting for a full range of clients across a wide spectrum of financing arrangements.
Pauline has specialist expertise in acting on both lender and borrower side in development financing, investment financing, corporate and structured lending and debt restructurings at bilateral and syndicated levels.
Pauline’s experience includes over a decade practising in London international law firms, including two secondments into UK’s largest banks where she gained valuable insights into the wider commercial needs of clients.
Pauline is passionate about helping her clients achieve their goals with commercially focused advice, not overcomplicating the issues, and taking a communicative, positive, and practical approach to get the required outcome.
Pauline has also advised numerous financial services entities on consumer lending and AML/CFT regulatory compliance and regularly leads submissions on reforms to consumer credit contracts and AML/CFT legislation.
Pauline is rated as a highly regarded lawyer for banking and finance by the IFLR1000, ranked by Chambers and Partners and recognised by Legal 500. Pauline’s clients have described her as “aware, friendly and responsive” and “always there to provide expert support on complex issues.”
LLM (Hons) BA University of Auckland
– Property finance, including investment and development financing
– General corporate financing, including acquisition finance
– Restructuring and structured finance arrangements
– Cross border financings
– Anti-money laundering regulatory and compliance advice
– Consumer finance and personal property securities law advice
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