David Craig

David specialises in banking and finance law and is recognised as New Zealand's pre-eminent derivatives practitioner.

He advises on domestic and international banking and capital markets transactions and the use and regulation of derivative instruments.

His experience has included acting for both borrowers and lenders in transactions involving the provision of debt and equity finance to publicly listed companies, state-owned enterprises and statutory corporations. These transactions include club and syndicated loans, MTN and CP programmes, private equity acquisitions, capital note and hybrid capital instrument issues, and tax-effective structured financing.

He also advises banks, end-users and industry associations on swaps, futures, repos and other derivative instruments, including as the New Zealand counsel to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. and the International Securities Market Association and acting for the New Zealand Bankers' Association in preparing documentation for the banking industry.

David is named as a leading individual in banking and finance by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008. Chambers Global 2008 recognises David's "particular expertise in the use and regulation of derivative instruments".