“Will is a great all-around lawyer who is fantastic to deal with on complex cross-border deals.”
Biography
Will Stawell is a member of White & Case's Debt Finance Group based in Sydney.
Will is a trusted advisor to clients on a broad range of financing transactions, including acquisition financing (both broadly syndicated and private credit), fund financing, PIKs, subordinated instruments and warrants.
Will's clients include private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, lenders (including private debt, investment banks and banks), and corporate borrowers.
Clients also trust Will when deals require restructuring or they are seeking to buy or sell their position.
Will practiced for a number of years in New York and is able to leverage that experience to provide clients with seamless service on complex cross border transactions.
Will is recognised by clients for his commercial approach and proficiency.
Experience
Private Equity
Acting for Stonepeak in connection with the acquisition financing of its investment in iOR.*
Acting for OPTrust in connection with financings for their investments in Kinetic, the Go-Ahead Group in the UK and McDermott Aviation.*
Acting for Goldman Sachs in connection with the financing of Madison Dearborn’s acquisition by way of scheme of arrangement of APM.*
Acting for lenders to Brookfield for its bid to acquire part of Origin Energy.*
The Australian law unitranche refinancing of iNova a TPG portfolio company.*
Private Credit
Acting for Tellus in connection with its financing sourced from Amicca and Carlyle.*
Acting for an Australian private credit fund in connection with obtaining a 'net asset value' style facility to support further loans.*
Acting for an Australian private credit fund in connection with various financings.*
Restructuring
Acting for the Lenders to New Wilkie coal mine in connection with the restructuring of those facilities.*
Acting for Public Hospitality Group (PHG) on the refinancing of existing loans involving pooling certain development assets and cross collateralising them as part of a refinance that saw fresh capital injected to permit the development of the assets and refinance certain lenders.*
Corporate finance
Acting for Regal Partners in connection with their corporate level facilities.*
Acting for St Vincent’s Healthcare Australia in connection with their debt facilities.*
Acting for the Anglican Investment and Development Fund in connection with a shelf facility from Pricoa.*
Acting for the lenders to Origin Energy Limited in connection with Origin’s refinancing.*
Experience above was prior to joining White & Case.*