Justin Lashley

JUSTIN LASHLEY is a senior managing associate in the Sydney office and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets practice. Justin advises issuers and underwriters on a variety of U.S. and cross-border capital markets and corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered debt offerings, Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings of secured and unsecured debt, initial public offerings and secondary equity offerings, and a range of liability management and debt refinancing transactions. Justin regularly represents major global investment banks as well as public and private companies, including both high-yield and investment grade issuers, across a variety of different geographies and sectors including financial services, energy and resources, infrastructure, real estate, technology, life sciences and transportation.

Selected recent transactions and experience include acting as:

• Designated underwriters’ counsel for BHP, including in connection with its US$4.75 billion and US$2.75 billion SEC-registered notes offerings.
• Designated underwriters’ counsel for Woodside Energy, including in connection with its inaugural US$2 billion and subsequent US$3.5 billion SEC-registered notes offerings.
• Issuer’s counsel to CSL Limited on its US$4 billion senior notes offering to fund its acquisition of Vifor Pharma.
• Issuer’s counsel to Goodman Group on multiple debt offerings, including its senior notes offerings of US$1.2 billion and €600 million.
• Issuer’s counsel to APA Group on its US$1.25 billion senior notes offering.
• Initial Purchasers’ counsel on the US$700 million senior notes offering of South32.
• Initial Purchasers’ counsel on the US$600 million senior notes offering of Northern Star Resources.
• Agents’ counsel on the U.S. medium-term notes program of Westpac New Zealand and dealers’ counsel on multiple issuances under the program, including its US$1.5 billion offering of fixed and floating rate notes.
• Issuer’s counsel to SiteMinder on its A$627 million IPO of ordinary shares on the Australian Securities Exchange.
• Issuer’s counsel to Brookfield India Real Estate Trust in connection with  its US$415 million qualified institutional placement of equity units.
• Issuer’s counsel to Orica on multiple equity raises, including its A$400 million share placement and non-underwritten share purchase plan.
• 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 Goodman Group on a range of liability management transactions.
• Issuer’s counsel to APA on multiple cash tender offers.