Sarah Anderson-Butler

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Sarah is a banking and finance lawyer with vast international experience advising both borrowers and lenders.

Sarah is a partner in our industry-leading financial services team, acting for both lenders and borrowers on domestic and international secured financings.

Sarah has substantial experience covering both general corporate lending and lending on all classes of real estate assets (investment and development facilities), with particular expertise on property portfolio acquisitions of logistics, data centre and hotel and leisure sector asset classes, operating company/property company transactions, commercial and residential development facilities and senior/mezzanine debt structures and intercreditor arrangements.

Sarah returned to New Zealand in May 2021, following close to a decade of work at Allen & Overy LLP in London where she was promoted from associate to senior associate. Notably, during this time, Sarah advised the arrangers and underwriters on the €2.8 billion acquisition of UK-based logistics developer Gazeley by subsidiaries of GLP (Asia's largest warehouse developer and fund manager), representing GLPs entrance into the European market.

She also completed two secondments to Goldmans Sachs and HSBC while at Allen & Overy LLP.

Sarah was a finalist in the Women in Business Law Awards 2022 in the Finance Rising Star category.

Work highlights

Arrangers and underwriters on €2.8 billion acquisition of Gazeley
Advised the arrangers and underwriters on the €2.8 billion acquisition of UK-based logistics developer Gazeley by subsidiaries of GLP (Asia's largest warehouse developer and fund manager), representing GLPs entrance into the European market.

Arrangers and underwriters on €3 billion facilities provided to Blackstone Group subsidiaries
Advised the arrangers and underwriters on €3 billion senior term and capex facilities and mezzanine term and capex facilities provided to subsidiaries of the Blackstone Group for the purposes of financing the acquisition of office and logistics properties located in Germany and Belgium.

Goldman Sachs financings
Advised Goldman Sachs as arranger in relation to a senior / mezzanine financing provided to subsidiaries of DTGO Corporation Limited in relation to the acquisition of 17 hotels located in the United Kingdom managed by Marriott, Hilton and IHG.

Advised Goldman Sachs as arranger in relation to the financing of the development of a data centre located in the Netherlands and subsequent investment refinancing.

Canary Wharf development financings
Advised a syndicate of senior lenders in relation to the development financing provided to subsidiaries of Canary Wharf Group plc relating to the high end residential development of Wood Wharf and in relation to the senior / mezz investment refinancing of the development financing relating to the construction of the new office tower at 1 and 5 Bank Street, Canary Wharf.

Mapletree on acquisition and subsequent debt refinancing of various equity acquisitions
Advised Mapletree as sponsor in relation to the acquisition and subsequent debt refinancing of their equity acquisition of 67 logistics assets located in Poland, Germany, Hungary, France, the Netherlands and Spain.

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