Hamish McCormack
Biography
Hamish advises sponsors, borrowers and financial institutions on a wide range of complex financing transactions, including private credit and syndicated acquisition and other leveraged and investment-grade financings, asset-based financings, liability management and special situations exercises, and structured credit financings (including trade and commodity finance).
In addition, he advises institutional lenders, hedge funds, private equity funds and corporations in negotiating derivative and repurchase agreements, as well as other trading and financing documentation and complex structured financial products.
Hamish has extensive experience in the Asian, North American and European markets and has acted as lead counsel on many market-leading transactions, including three 'Deals of the Year'. Prior to joining BM, Hamish worked at a top-tier firm in Melbourne before spending seven years practicing in the United States, where he was a partner at a leading New York firm.
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented a global export business with respect to its European credit arrangements.*
- Represented a top-tier private equity sponsor with respect to the USD 8.4 billion financing of the acquisition of a freight rail network.*
- Represented the sponsor with respect to the establishment and utilisation of a 'first of its kind' market infrastructure investment fund, together with its initial USD 4.8 billion in a terminalling facility.*
- Represented a global data centre operator with respect to its USD 20 billion debt portfolio, involving a bespoke blend of leveraged and project financing arrangements across the Asia-Pacific region.*
- Represented a global data centre operator in connection with its USD 24 billion sale to a private equity sponsor.*
- Represented a global shipping corporation with respect to its USD 5 billion restructuring of its existing capital structure and financing.*
- Represented the secured creditors with respect to a market-setting DIP and workout of a helicopter and defence system manufacturer.*
- Represented the investment arm of an Asian sovereign nation with respect to its investment in a portfolio of Australian assets.*
- Represented a private equity sponsor with respect to its acquisition of a major medical device manufacturer utilising a USD 7.6 billion loan financing package consisting of a USD 500 million ABL facility, a USD 750 million secured cash flow revolving facility and a USD 6.35 billion secured term facility (comprising a USD 4.2 billion tranche and a EUR 1.95 billion tranche).*
- Represented a top-tier private equity sponsor with respect to its currency and interest rate hedging arrangements.*
- Represented the lenders with respect to the USD 12 billion acquisition of an infrastructure portfolio by a private equity sponsor.*
- Represented the lenders with respect to the USD 7.6 billion acquisition of a medical services business by a private equity sponsor.*
- Represented the sponsor in connection with the multibillion dollar ‘take private’ of one of the world’s largest oil and gas corporations.*
- Represented a top-tier private equity sponsor in connection with a multibillion pound reconciliation of its global portfolio facility program.*
- Represented the sponsor with respect to the AUD 722 million project financing of Australia’s largest battery storage project.*
- Represented a major institutional lender with respect to its global trade and commodity finance arrangements across a variety of industries and sectors.*
- Represented a major investment bank with respect to its offtake hedging arrangements.*
Admissions
- Victoria~Australia
- New York~United States
Education
- Monash University (Masters of Laws (Juris Doctor), First Class Honours)
- Melbourne University (Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours)
Languages
- English