Mitch Reynolds

Hospitality

• Acting for hotel owners, operators, investors and financiers in relation to worldwide hospitality transactions.
• Assisting a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on hotel management terms for its US$8 billion development of a mixed-use destination to include core city development, circa 24 hotels, branded residential, entertainment park, race track and waterpark.
• Acting for a European private equity firm, as hotel owner and developer, in respect to the development, RFP and operator selection, MOU negotiations with multiple operators, document drafting, and negotiations for hotel management agreements, hotel leases and ancillary hotel documents for six separate hotel transactions in Spain, as well as with the acquisition and hotel management and licensing negotiation for a luxury branded hotel and restaurant in Spain.
• Advising a subsidiary of an HKSE-listed hotel company with the reorganisation and financing of luxury Australian hotels. Also assisting the hotel owner with the reorganisation and facilities management for a mixed-use Hilton branded project in Papua New Guinea.
• Assisting an international hotel operator in relation to the hotel management and services arrangements for a suite of upper-upscale hotels in a multibillion-dollar mixed-use development on a man-made island in the UAE.
• Assisting the owner of multiple resort development projects in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, with the negotiation of all hotel management and branded residences transaction documents with multiple international hotel operators.
• Advising numerous international hotel operators in respect to their document suites for operations in the Asia Pacific and EMEA regions, including white-label and branded operations. Also acting for a hotel operator in relation to UK and US hotel engagements and operational matters.
• Acting for hotel owners and financiers in relation to financings for the SLS Barcelona hotel, a luxury hotel at Elizabeth Quay, Perth, the acquisition of a portfolio of four Ibis Styles hotels in the UK, the Ibis Styles East Perth and the Pullman Sydney Airport Hotel.
• Advising a corporate Commonwealth entity in relation to an AU$50 million investment in a hospitality real estate fund for a portfolio of energy sustainable hotels.
• Assisting Australian hotel owners and developers with their engagements for hotel management, development and branding for hotels including Intercontinental Perth Hotel, Vibe Subiaco, Ibis Styles East Perth, The Sebel Canberra Civic, Westin Margaret River Resort & Spa, and hotels in Melbourne and Brisbane.
• Assisting EMEA hotel owners and developers with their acquisitions and engagements for hotel management, development and branding for hotels including Crowne Plaza Riyadh, voco Dubai Palm Jumeirah, Rixos Obhur Jeddah, Staybridge Suites Dubai Financial Centre, the Staybridge Suites Dubai Internet City, Swiss-Belinn Muscat, Crowne Plaza Makkah, voco Doha, Centro Waha Hotel Riyadh, Centro Shaheen Hotel Jeddah, multiple hotels at Ras Al Khaimah beach and village, and hotels in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the UK.

Real Estate

• Acting for a Perth CBD office tower owner in relation to all office leasing transactions for the building.
• Acting for a retail enterprise in relation to its sale and leaseback of a portfolio of petrol stations across Australia.
• Assisting a consortium comprising Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, SunSuper and HESTA in the AU$1.41 billion partial privatisation of Landgate (the land titles registry of Western Australia).
• Advising in respect of real estate aspects of the multi-phased distributed heating, cooling and electricity network for the £8 billion development of one of London’s largest and most high-profile mixed-use developments.
• Assisting EDF Renewables in relation to real estate aspects of the selldown of a 49% stake in 24 UK windfarms in a deal with an enterprise value of £1.4 billion.
• Assisting a nuclear power license holder in relation to various nuclear power station management and operations issues in the UK, including nuclear site leasing, substation site subleasing, power station decommissioning and nuclear site safety matters.
• Assisting an energy investment company in relation to land option and leasing arrangements for potential standalone commercial-scale battery storage facilities.
• Assisting a Chinese state-owned enterprise in respect to the potential AU$100 million investment into agribusiness projects across several Australian states.
• Advising private investors with their acquisition of major shopping centres in Western Australia and Queensland.
• Assisting Woolworths Limited with the sale of a major shopping centre development in regional Western Australia.
• Assisting in providing advice to a state government development agency in connection with the development of the Perth City Link, a hotel and mixed-used development project in Perth’s central business district.

Finance

• Acting for Hesperia in the financing of its acquisition of the Midland Brick business and assets, and property development financing.
• Acting for a Norwegian investment bank in respect to its AU$90 million bond issue to an Australian solar farm operator.
• Advising a subsidiary of an HKSE-listed hotel company with the financing of a luxury Australian hotel.
• Assisting one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent alternative lenders in respect to a number of development and property financing projects in Australia.
• Assisting a UK bank in respect of the acquisition financing of a portfolio of four Ibis Styles hotels in the UK.
• Assisting a leisure asset developer with the master development financing and forward leasing of a proposed development in the UK.
• Acting for a Norwegian investment bank in respect to its US$100 million bond issue to an ASX-listed mining company.
• Acting for the owner of the Ibis Styles East Perth with the construction, term and mezzanine financing arrangements for the hotel.
• Acting for a French group of companies as local counsel in respect of its group refinancing worth approximately €104 million.
• Acting for a Chinese bank in respect to the due diligence and financing of the acquisition of the five-star Pullman Sydney Airport Hotel by Chinese conglomerate, Nanshan Group, worth approximately AU$80 million.
• Acting for a Chinese bank in respect of the financing of a 371-apartment development on the Gold Coast, Australia.
• Advising a Chinese state-owned enterprise in relation to the project financing of a 13MW solar power farm in the Australian Capital Territory, including obtaining Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval.
• Advising a Germany-based online lending company with the receivables financing and securitisation structure of its Australia-based consumer loan receivables worth approximately US$200 million.
• Assisting an Australian building firm with the negotiation of an AU$40 million facility from a Singaporean property developer.
• Advising a Chinese bank on an AU$35 million facility to a Chinese company in relation to a mining project in Western Australia.
• Acting for a property financing company in respect to the financing of a 167-apartment development project in Western Australia, and the preferred equity financing of a 91-apartment development project in Western Australia.
• Advising private investors with their financing of major shopping centres in Western Australia and Queensland.
• Acting for a Germany-based solar energy investment firm in respect to the potential financing of a solar power plant in Western Australia.
• Assisting Cove House Investments on the financing and security aspects of the AU$93 million recapitalisation of Compass Resources Limited, including the acquisition of HNC Australia and the acquisition of AU$35 million of debt from Hunan Non-Ferrous Corporation, and the enforcement of its security by receiver appointment.
• Assisting JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending, PNC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bank of Communications, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Nordea Bank, GE Capital Bank and international corporate borrowers as Australian counsel in a range of financing and security transactions.
• Advising clients across a range of industries (including banking, energy and resources, and property development) in respect of Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) issues.