Rory advises banks, financial institutions and property developers on banking and finance transactions, securities reviews, property acquisitions and commercial matters across New South Wales and nationally.

Biography

Rory acts for banks, financial institutions, property developers, commercial clients, accounting firms and individuals. His practice spans banking and property transactions, with a particular focus on lender-side advisory work, securities and facilities reviews, and property-linked finance. He is based in Sydney and advises clients across New South Wales and nationally.

Rory advises on banking and finance transactions including facilities structuring, securities reviews and turnaround management for lender clients. His property practice covers acquisitions and disposals across commercial, industrial and residential asset classes. He has also been involved in the acquisition and disposition of business assets and entities including corporate clients, accounting firms and individuals. His banking and property work regularly intersect in property finance, development lending and enforcement contexts.

Rory has broad experience across property and commercial transactions, acting for financial institutions in facilities and security documentation, review and enforcement, and advising developers on property acquisitions and commercial structuring. His practice covers all types of business acquisition and disposal mandates alongside core banking and property transactional work.

Rory combines banking and property transactional experience in a practice that serves both financial institution and developer clients, enabling integrated advice where banking, property and commercial law intersect. His pragmatic, commercially oriented approach supports clients from transaction origination through to completion and, where needed, enforcement and turnaround management. He is recognised by Best Lawyers in Australia for banking and finance law.

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Rory's experience

Financial institution clients — Facilities and securities

Acting for banks and financial institutions in the structuring, documentation and review of facilities and securities across property finance, construction lending and commercial lending transactions.

Property developer clients — Acquisitions and disposals

Advising property developers and commercial clients on the acquisition and disposal of all types of property assets including residential, commercial and industrial properties across New South Wales and nationally.

Turnaround management

Advising financial institution clients on turnaround management involving facilities and securities reviews in circumstances of borrower distress, including enforcement strategy and restructuring options.

Business acquisitions and disposals

Acting in the acquisition and disposition of all types of business including corporate clients, large accountancy firms and individual business operators, advising on structuring, documentation and completion.

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