image of Rohan MishraRohan Mishra

Clayton Utz Partner , Perth T +61 8 9426 8287 +61 434 071 258 https://www.claytonutz.com

Rohan Mishra is a partner in the Banking & Financial Services group in our Perth office. In the finance field, Rohan has acted for both financiers and borrowers on a range of structured finance and project finance matters with a focus in the energy and resources area. He also acts for a number of international funds and private equity funds on a variety of transactions around Australia and offshore.

Prior to joining Clayton Utz, Rohan worked for over 5 years in the project finance department of a magic circle law firm in both London and Tokyo.

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Banking and Finance

CWP Renewables: Advised Squadron Energy, a company of Tatterang, one of Australia's largest private companies, on its agreement to acquire CWP Renewable, one of Australia's biggest ever renewable energy transactions and advised on the debt staple structure.

Talison: Advised Talison Lithium on its secured US$1bn debt facility for its Greenbushes Lithium project.

Blackstone/Crown: Advised Blackstone and its affiliates on the back-leverage financing arrangements in connection with the A$8.9bn acquisition of Crown Resorts Limited through its A$5.4 billion debt funding package which was done via a combination of syndicated debt, repurchase arrangements and securitisation structures.

Tianqi: advised Tianqi on its leveraged finance facilities for its US$4.1bn acquisition of shares in SQM in Brazil and subsequent refinancings of the debt facility.

Metals Acquisition Group (MAC): Advised Osisko on the secured streaming and intercreditors arrangements with the senior and mezzanine banks as part of the finance package to assist MAC's US$1.1bn acquisition of Glencure's cobalt mine.

Westpac: Advised Westpac on the sale of its motor vehicle dealer finance and novated leasing business to Angle Finance (a A$1bn wholesale portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management,L.P).

Invesco: Advised the fund on its acquisition of Brookfield’s 50% interest of approximately A$800m in the Chevron tower.

Wyloo Metals: Advised Wyloo Metal’s as purchaser on an issuance of A$150m secured exchangeable notes issued by rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals.

CBA: Advised CBA as agent and arranger on a AUD$300m syndicated funding package provided to Peakstone to facilitate its acquisition of a property in Sydney.

AGIG: Advising the Australian Gas & Infrastructure Group on the project financing of the West Erregulla gas project.

Noble Group: Advised the Noble Group on a variety of financing transactions including project finance, trade financing, receivable financing, working capital solutions, pre-payment facilities for projects in Australia, Africa and Mongolia.

Nido Petroleum: Advised Nido Petroleum on its borrowing base facility in the Philippines.

Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited: Advised CBH on its syndicated facility and various bi-lateral facilities totalling over $1billion.

Woodside Petroleum: Advised the banks on Woodside's corporate facility.

Mineral Resources Limited: Advised the syndicate of banks on a syndicated facility and syndicated operating lease facility in excess of $700m.

Iluka Resources Limited: Advised Iluka on its $800m bilateral revolving credit facilities.

Decmil: Advised Nab on the $165m facility provided to Decmil.

Ichthys: Advised Chubu on the project financing of the Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia. 

Gindalbie Metals Limited: Advised Gindalbie on a project finance facility for its iron ore project and subsequent re-financings. This deal won the ALB Project Finance Deal of the year for 2011.

Fortescue Metals Group: Advised FMG on the 2006 144A bond raising for its iron ore project in the Pilbara and associated operating leasing requirements.

Private Equity Funds: Advised Resource Capital Funds and Sprott Asset Management on the funding (including through convertible notes and other note structures) of mining projects in Australia, Asia and Africa.

Pacific Alliance Group: Advised PAG on several property financing transactions in Western Australia as either senior secured lender or mezzanine lender.

Property Finance: Advised several Australian and offshore banks on a number of property developments in Western Australia, including apartment and hotel developments.

Channel Seven: Advised the lead arrangers in relation to a leveraged financing for the sale of Channel Seven's assets to KKR.

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Restructuring

Virgin Australia: Acted as part of the team advising the Deloitte Restructuring Services as the voluntary administrators on Virgin.

Noble Group: Advised the Noble Group on a variety of financing transactions including project finance, trade financing, receivable financing, working capital solutions, pre-payment facilities for projects in Australia, Africa and Mongolia.

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Debt Trading and Special Situation Investing

Tor: Advised Tor on several infrastructure and oil and gas investments in Australian and offshore.

Pacific Alliance Group: Advised PAG on several property financing transactions in Western Australia as either senior secured lender or mezzanine lender.

Noble Group: Advised the Noble Group on a variety of financing transactions including project finance, trade financing, receivable financing, working capital solutions, pre-payment facilities for projects in Australia, Africa and Mongolia.

 

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Construction and Major Projects

Noble Group: Acted the Noble Group on a variety of financing transactions including project finance, trade financing, receivable financing, working capital solutions, pre-payment facilities for projects in Australia, Africa and Mongolia.

Ichthys: Advised Chubu on the project financing of the Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia. 

Gindalbie Metals Limited: Advised Gindalbie on a project finance facility for its iron ore project and subsequent re-financings. This deal won the ALB Project Finance Deal of the year for 2011.

Fortescue Metals Group: Advised FMG on the 2006 144A bond raising for its iron ore project in the Pilbara and associated operating leasing requirements.

Private Equity Funds: Advised Resource Capital Funds and Sprott Asset Management on the funding (including through convertible notes and other note structures) of mining projects in Australia, Asia and Africa.

Property Finance: Advised several Australian and offshore banks on a number of property developments in Western Australia, including apartment and hotel developments.

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Project Finance

Noble Group: Advised the Noble Group on a variety of financing transactions including project finance, trade financing, receivable financing, working capital solutions, pre-payment facilities for projects in Australia, Africa and Mongolia.

Talison: Advised the Talison Group on its USD$630m project financing facility for its Greenbushes lithium asset.

Ichthys: Advised Chubu on the project financing of the Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia. 

Gindalbie Metals Limited: Advised Gindalbie on a project finance facility for its iron ore project and subsequent re-financings. This deal won the ALB Project Finance Deal of the year for 2011.

Fortescue Metals Group: Advised FMG on the 2006 144A bond raising for its iron ore project in the Pilbara and associated operating leasing requirements.

Private Equity Funds: Acted for Resource Capital Funds and Sprott Asset Management on the funding (including through convertible notes and other note structures) of mining projects in Australia, Asia and Africa.

See Project Finance

Energy and Resources

CWP Renewables: Advised Squadron Energy, a company of Tatterang, one of Australia's largest private companies, on its agreement to acquire CWP Renewable, one of Australia's biggest ever renewable energy transactions and advised on the debt staple structure.

Talison: Advised Talison Lithium on its secured US$1bn debt facility for its Greenbushes Lithium project.

Tianqi: Advised Tianqi on its leveraged finance facilities for its US$4.1bn acquisition of shares in SQM in Brazil and subsequent refinancings of the debt facility.

Wyloo Metals: Advised Wyloo Metal’s as purchaser on an issuance of A$150m secured exchangeable notes issued by rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals.

Noble Group: Advised the Noble Group on a variety of financing transactions including project finance, trade financing, receivable financing, working capital solutions, pre-payment facilities for projects in Australia, Africa and Mongolia.

Squadron Energy: Advised Andrew Forrest-controlled Squadron Energy on its acquisition by scheme of arrangement, together with Federation Asset Management Holdings, of 100 percent of ASX-listed Windlab's ordinary shares, valuing the target at approximately AU$70 million. The consortium bid is to be made through an investment vehicle (owned 80% Squadron / 20% Federation). Windlab is an ASX-listed international wind energy project development company.

Nido Petroleum: Advised Nido Petroleum on its borrowing base facility in the Philippines.

Woodside Petroleum: Advised the banks on Woodside's corporate facility.

Mineral Resources Limited: Advised the syndicate of banks on a syndicated facility and syndicated operating lease facility in excess of $700m.

Iluka Resources Limited: Advised Iluka on its $800m bilateral revolving credit facilities.

Decmil: Advised Nab on the $165m facility provided to Decmil.

Ichthys: Advised Chubu on the project financing of the Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia. 

Gindalbie Metals Limited: Advised Gindalbie on a project finance facility for its iron ore project and subsequent re-financings. This deal won the ALB Project Finance Deal of the year for 2011.

Fortescue Metals Group: Advised FMG on the 2006 144A bond raising for its iron ore project in the Pilbara and associated operating leasing requirements.

Private Equity Funds: Advised Resource Capital Funds and Sprott Asset Management on the funding (including through convertible notes and other note structures) of mining projects in Australia, Asia and Africa.

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Energy Transition

CWP Renewables: Advised Squadron Energy, a company of Tatterang, one of Australia's largest private companies, on its agreement to acquire CWP Renewable, one of Australia's biggest ever renewable energy transactions and advised on the debt staple structure.

Sun Brilliance: Advised Sun Brilliance on its solar project in Western Australia.

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