Mei Nah
Partner
Mei Nah
Partner
Mei is one of New Zealand’s leading finance lawyers with a focus on securitisation, debt capital markets and advising corporate borrowers.
Mei is a trusted adviser to New Zealand’s highly rated corporate borrowers, advising on the full range of treasury and funding matters. Her expertise includes syndicated and bilateral debt facilities, domestic and offshore bond issuances and derivatives. Her understanding of market dynamics, investor and lender expectations and regulatory requirements allows her to design solutions that are aligned with clients’ business objectives.
Mei is also recognised for her significant experience in securitisation. She structures and executes complex transactions across multiple asset classes, acting for both originators and financiers. Clients rely on her to bring clarity to complex structures, provide commercial advice, and deliver seamless execution across all aspects of their securitisation programmes.
Mei combines technical strength with strong commercial insight and a practical, solutions‑driven approach. She is valued for quickly understanding what matters to clients, anticipating challenges, and navigating multi‑party negotiations with calm confidence. Whether advising on major debt funding programmes or complex securitisation structures, Mei’s focus is always on achieving efficient and commercially effective outcomes.
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Advised Auckland Council in respect of treasury matters, including domestic and offshore green bond issuances, sustainability- linked bond issuances, banking facilities, intra group and external lending and general banking and finance advice (public sector).
Advised Auckland International Airport in respect of all treasury matters, including its corporate facilities, New Zealand debt issuances, Australian medium term notes issuances and other offshore issuances, and derivatives (aviation infrastructure).
Advised Avanti Finance in respect of its securitisation programme involving multiple warehouses for auto loans, unsecured personal loans, small business loans and residential mortgages, and issuances of residential mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities; and its corporate funding requirements including corporate facilities and wholesale medium term notes (financial services).
Advised Fonterra in respect of all treasury matters, including its corporate facilities (syndicated and bilateral), New Zealand debt issuances (listed retail and wholesale), Australian medium term notes issuances, other offshore issuances, and derivatives (dairy).
Advised ASX-listed FleetPartners in respect of its New Zealand securitisation warehouses, New Zealand ABS issuances and its New Zealand corporate facilities (fleet management).
Advised Prospa in respect of the establishment of its New Zealand securitisation warehouses (financial services).
Advised Tax Traders in respect of the establishment of the first asset-backed commercial paper programme secured by provisional tax deposits held on account with Inland Revenue (tax services).
Advised Transpower in respect of its treasury matters, including its corporate facilities, New Zealand and Australian debt issuances, listed Swiss issuances and ISDAs (energy).
Advised Watercare in respect of its establishment of and issuances under its New Zealand medium term note and commercial paper programmes, its Australian medium term note programme and its European medium term note programme (water infrastructure).
Advised Westpac as arranger and senior financier in relation to the establishment of multiple securitisation programmes, including Q-Card, MTF, Basecorp Finance, Geneva Finance and Instant Finance and issuances under certain of those programmes (financial services).
Recognised for excellence, trusted by clients
Mei Nah - She is highly professional and commercially very sound.
Recognised for excellence, trusted by clients
Mei Nah provides excellent service, knowledge and experience with a long history and depth of understanding on our specific needs and programmes.
Recognised for excellence, trusted by clients
Mei provides amazing service, clearly understands our requirements and always delivers on time and to budget.
Recognised for excellence, trusted by clients
Mei Nah has a significant level of experience and knowledge of our requirements.
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