Daniel Mote

Daniel Mote

BCom LLB (Hons) (Melb)

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Daniel has acted on numerous landmark and award winning transactions. He provides strategic and commercial legal advice to major financial institutions, hedge funds, property developers, entrepreneurs and high-wealth family groups.

Daniel graduated from The University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws with honours. Daniel joined Arnold Bloch Leibler in 2007 as an articled clerk, was admitted to practice in 2008 and was appointed as a senior associate in 2011.

Practice focus

Daniel’s practice focuses on the following areas:

banking and finance transactions, including negotiating and drafting large corporate and acquisition debt financing transactions, property development finance, project finance and mezzanine finance;
restructuring, distressed debt and workouts;
funds management, including establishment and ongoing legal advice in relation to managed investment schemes and advice relating to financial services law;
joint ventures, including drafting and negotiating investment agreements and associated documentation; and
general commercial and corporate transactions, including shareholder agreements, business sale and acquisitions.

Experience

Daniel has acted for a range of major Australian and international corporations, funds and private clients, including most recently on behalf of:

York Capital Management and Varde Investment Partners: in relation to the takeover and recapitalization of Redcape Group via a distressed debt control transaction (and on the subsequent sale of the Redcape Group to Moelis Australia);
Redcape Group: in relation to ongoing commercial, finance and M&A advice (including the acquisition of the National Leisure & Gaming business, the spin-off of the Hotel Property Investments Trust) and numerous other key initiatives pursued by the Redcape Group;
An ad-hoc group of lenders: in relation to the restructure of the Onsite Rental Group;
Ares Management and Ascribe Capital as Australian counsel: in relation to the restructure of Boart Longyear;
An ad-hoc group of PIK noteholders: in relation to the restructure of BIS Industries;
York Capital Management: in the acquisition of PrimeCredit Limited and Shenzhen PrimeCredit Limited, a leading Hong Kong and Shenzhen consumer finance and mortgage business owned by Standard Chartered;

KordaMentha as voluntary administrators (and later deed administrators) of the Arrium Group;
Numerous US law firms: acting as Australian counsel in relation to offshore financing that involved either an acquisition of an Australian business or Australian guarantors and security providers;
Partners for Growth: in the establishment and negotiation of various corporate debt facilities in Australia;
Qualitas: in relation to the establishment of its $500m construction debt fund, and other corporate and construction finance advice to Qualitas and its various funds;
Numerous corporations and fund managers: in relation to the establishment and structuring of investment, opportunity or debt funds, including advice associated with financial service licensing; and
Numerous non-bank lending clients (including domestic funds and international funds): in relation to corporate, acquisition and construction financing.