Murray King

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Murray is a senior banking and finance lawyer advising clients across a broad range of debt capital markets and lending transactions.

Murray has particular experience in acquisition financing and a well-established securitisation practice. Murray advises some of New Zealand’s leading corporates on their funding requirements as well as acting for a number of leading financial institutions such as ANZ Bank New Zealand, Bank of New Zealand, Citibank and Goldman Sachs.

Murray is recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading securitisation lawyers and advises on both wholesale funding structures and regulatory issues at the consumer level.

The IFLR1000 2024 ranks Murray as a highly regarded lawyer for banking. The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 ranks him in the 'Hall of Fame' for banking and finance and considers him "a leader in the securitisation market." In a previous edition, clients described Murray as providing "considered and thoughtful solutions-focused guidance on complex business issues."

Chambers Asia Pacific 2024 ranks Murray in the top tier of banking and finance lawyers in New Zealand. In previous editions he was praised by clients as "approachable, commercial and very easy to deal with." Murray was described by a client as "a trusted business adviser who we know will provide pragmatic, solutions-focused guidance on complex financing issues."

Murray contributed to the International Comparative Legal Guide to Securitisation 2016 (Global Legal Group).

Work highlights

Warehouse Facility
Acting for NZ Credit Union South as Originator on the establishment of a mortgage backed securitisation programme.

The Warehouse Group securitisation
Acting for Public Trust as trustee in the establishment of an asset back securitisation programme for The Warehouse to fund the purchase of credit card receivables and personal loans.

Fisher & Paykel Appliances debt restructuring
Advised Fisher & Paykel Appliances on the negotiation of NZ$575 million of new bank facilities with its existing banking group.

Rank Group syndicated debt facilities
Advised Rank Group on the refinancing of its senior, syndicated debt facilities.

Carter Holt Harvey syndicated debt facilities
Advised Carter Holt Harvey on the refinancing of its senior, syndicated debt facilities.

Bluestone distressed debt portfolios
Advised Bluestone on with various transactions involving acquisitions and restructurings of distressed debt portfolios.

Motor Trade Finances securitisation
Advised Motor Trade Finances on their wholesale funding facilities including the establishment of a securitisation programme and successive issues of rated notes.

Fletcher Building Australian MTN programme
Advising Fletcher Building on the establishment of an Australian MTN Programme and an issue in the US Private Placement market.

ASB funding for Evolve Group
Advised ASB on the funding for Evolve Group to facilitate the contemporaneous listing and roll up acquisition of multiple childcare centres.

New Zealand Guardian Trust (NZGT) securitisations
Advised NZGT on multiple securitisation transactions in its capacity as trustee.

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