Adela Smith

Background

About Adela Smith

Adela’s practice focuses on advising lenders, borrowers and sponsors on infrastructure, energy, leveraged acquisition and general finance transactions. Recent transactions include- Advising the financiers to FRV on the development and financing of the Clare Solar Farm project- Advising Trustpower Limited and Tilt Renewables Limited on the de-merger of their renewable asset business- Advising the lenders on Pacific Equity Partners’ acquisition of ASX-listed food company Patties Foods, the maker of brands such as Herbert Adams, Nanna's and Four 'N Twenty pies- Advising the financiers on the debt funding of the winning consortium bid for the privatisation of TransGrid- Advising the financiers in respect of the Hastings consortium's acquisition (by way of lease) of the Port of Newcastle and subsequent refinancing- Advising a syndicate of financiers to a consortium’s bid on the privatisation of Port of Botany and Port Kembla. Prior to joining Gilbert + Tobin, Adela worked as a senior lawyer at Latham & Watkins in London and also spent several years as an associate at Linklaters LLP in London and Frankfurt. Adela also spent 6 months on secondment with Citibank’s acquisition finance team in London.