Andy Loo

ANDY LOO is an associate in the Sydney office and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets practice. His practice focuses on the representation of issuers and underwriters in U.S. and cross-border capital markets transactions, including SEC-registered, Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings of secured and unsecured senior and subordinated debt, primary and secondary equity offerings and liability management trades. Andy’s clients include all major investment banks and public and private companies in various sectors including financial services, aviation and transportation, energy and resources, infrastructure, real estate, technology and life sciences.

Andy is fluent in English and Cantonese.

Selected recent transactions and experience include acting as:

• Designated underwriters’ counsel for BHP, including in connection with its US$3 billion and US$1.5 billion SEC-registered debt offerings.
• Designated underwriters’ counsel for Woodside Energy, including in connection with its inaugural US$2 billion and subsequent US$3.5 billion SEC-registered debt offerings.
• Initial purchasers’ counsel on US$900 million debt offering by Whitehaven Coal.
• Issuer’s counsel to Sydney Airport Group on its US$1 billion debt offering.
• Issuer’s counsel to CSL Limited on its aggregate US$1.25 billion debt offerings.
• Initial purchasers’ counsel on a US$1 billion debt offering by Santos Limited.
• Initial purchasers’ counsel on two US$650 million debt offerings by CIMIC Group.
• Issuer’s counsel to APA Group on its US$1.25 billion debt offering.
• Issuer’s counsel to Goodman Group on multiple debt offerings, including its senior notes offerings of US$1.2 billion and €600 million.
• Agents’ counsel for U.S. medium-term note funding programs and securities offerings by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ASB Bank Limited, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited, Westpac Banking Corporation and Westpac New Zealand Limited.
• Agents’ and dealers’ counsel for the global medium term note funding program and securities offerings by NBN Group.
• Issuer’s counsel to Virgin Australia on its A$685 million initial public offering of ordinary shares on the Australian Securities Exchange.
• Issuer’s counsel to NEXTDC on its A$1.5 billion entitlement offer.
• Issuer’s counsel to Contact Energy on its NZ$525 million share placement.
• Issuer’s counsel to Goodman Group on its A$4 billion underwritten institutional placement.
• Issuer’s counsel to EBOS Group on its NZ$200 million share placement.
• Issuer’s counsel to Ryman Healthcare on its NZ$1 billion entitlement offer and share placement.
• Issuer’s counsel to Fletcher Building on its NZ$700 million entitlement offer and share placement.
• Issuer’s counsel to Precinct Properties on its NZ$285 million equity placement and non-underwritten share purchase plan to eligible shareholders.
• Issuer’s counsel to Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group on multiple liability management transactions.
• Issuer’s counsel to Goodman Group on a range of liability management transactions.
• Issuer’s counsel to APA Group on multiple cash tender offers.