Hamish McCormack

Special Counsel (Admitted in Australia & New York)
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia

Hamish McCormack

Hamish McCormack

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Biography

Hamish McCormack is a lawyer based in Melbourne, specialising in complex financing transactions. Hamish has a particular focus on leveraged and acquisition finance, special situations / liability management exercises and trade and commodity finance. He has extensive experience working on ‘bet-the-farm’ acquisitions, liability management exercises, recapitalisations, restructurings and other unique, challenging transactions involving a diverse range of mainstream and exotic assets. Over the course of his career Hamish has served as lead counsel on many significant and high profile transactions, including three 'Deals of the Year', and on major public-facing liability management transactions with respect to listed companies and their asset holdings.

Hamish has significant experience acting for leading clients on both the sponsor/borrower and lender side on the most complex deals in the North American, European, and Asia-Pacific markets. Among other clients, Hamish has acted for major corporates, bulge bracket institutional banks, top tier private equity sponsors (including Apollo, Bain, Blackstone, BlackRock, KKR and The Carlyle Group), and for specialist private credit and investment funds. Prior to joining Norton Rose, Hamish spent 6 years practicing in the United States, where he was most recently a partner in an elite New York firm’s debt finance practice.

Hamish is an active member of the Firm’s DEI Committee and maintains an active pro-bono practice.


Professional experience

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  • A major Australian corporate with respect to the expansion of their debt portfolio and associated investments, including significant government interface.
  • A leading global data centre operator with respect to their multi-billion dollar platform financing, including the establishment of dedicated funding sleeves for site acquisition, development and expansion.
  • A major institutional bank with respect to a variety of their trade financing facilities, including the establishment of commodity-specific borrowing base facilities.
  • A major institutional bank with respect to specialist commodity financing facilities.
  • A major institutional bank with respect to its fund financing arrangements with a global infrastructure fund.
  • A major institutional bank with respect to the leveraged acquisition of major national healthcare business.
  • A publicly listed global telecommunications provider with respect to the divestment of its Asian investment portfolio.
  • The investment arm of an Asian sovereign nation with respect to the investment in a portfolio of Australian assets.
  • A global shipping corporation with respect to a $5 billion restructuring of their existing capital structure and asset financing arrangements
  • A major aircraft manufacturer with respect to a review and reconciliation of their existing manufacturing finance arrangements.
  • A top-tier private equity sponsor with respect to the $8.4 billion acquisition of one of America's largest freight rail networks, including the specialist asset financing of $4 billion of rolling stock.
  • A top-tier private equity sponsor in connection with the takeover of one of the world's largest satellite defence system manufacturers, including the specialist asset financing of satellite equipment.
  • One of the world’s largest mining companies in connection with the proposed acquisition of their major competitor.
  • A top-tier private equity sponsor in connection with the $20 billion acquisition of an industrial manufacturer.
  • A top-tier private equity sponsor in connection with a multi-billion pound reconciliation of their global portfolio facility program.
  • A top-tier private equity firm in connection with a $7.6 billion loan financing package consisting of a $500 million ABL facility, a $750 million secured cash flow revolving facility and a $6.35 billion secured term facility (comprising a $4.2 billion U.S. dollar tranche and a €1.95 billion Euro tranche) in connection with the acquisition of a major manufacturing business, including complex asset-backed securitisations.

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