Shawn Wytenburg
Partner. Sydney.
+61 2 9210 6032 | shawn.wytenburg@corrs.com.au | vCardClients expect excellence from Shawn and, as one of Australia’s foremost practitioners in his field, he always delivers.
Shawn’s expertise and skills in corporate, leveraged and acquisition finance and projects has garnered consistent recognition within the banking, projects and private equity markets. Since 2009, Shawn has been a staple of the AFR’s Best Lawyers Peer Review and the Chambers Global guide to the world’s leading lawyers.
Clients expect excellence from Shawn and, as one of Australia’s foremost practitioners in his field, he always delivers.
Shawn’s expertise and skills in corporate, leveraged and acquisition finance and projects has garnered consistent recognition within the banking, projects and private equity markets. Since 2009, Shawn has been a staple of the AFR’s Best Lawyers Peer Review and the Chambers Global guide to the world’s leading lawyers.
Shawn lends his expertise to most of the leading commercial banks active in the Australian leveraged, corporate and project finance markets, as well as a number of leading private equity funds, developers and financial sponsors.
Shawn's Expertise
- Vodafone Hutchinson Australia’s inaugural $3 billion global syndication Lead adviser to Vodafone Hutchinson Australia in its inaugural global syndication.
- $3.6 billion Brisbane Airport Link and Northern Busway Acted for successful Macquarie/Thiess/John Holland consortium in the project financing of the Airport Link and Northern Busway concession in Brisbane.
- $2.8 billion Coates Hire public to private buy-out Lead adviser to the senior arrangers and underwriters providing acquisition debt funding to the Carlyle/National Hire Consortium in its public to private buy-out.
- TPG Telecom S380 million acquisition facilities Lead adviser to the senior arrangers and underwriters of the acquisition facilities to TPG Telecom in its acquisition of PIPE Telecommunications by scheme of arrangement.
What others say
- “Recognised as a 'Leading Lawyer – Acquisition Finance'” Chambers Global 2009, 2010, 2011
- “Recognised as 'Best Lawyer – Banking & Finance'” Best Lawyers Peer Reviews, 2009, 2010 & 2011
- “Recommended for banking and finance in the Asia-Pacific” The Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2008 and 2009
- “Shawn Wytenburg earns consistent praise for his skill in acquisition financing. Clients appreciate his ‘strong attention to detail’ and add, ‘We view Shawn as a partner in our business and someone we can trust.’” Chambers Global 2011
- “The Corrs team... was let by partners James Rozsa and Shawn Wytenburg and drew accolades from Archer Capital partner Andrew Gray, who said: ‘The excellent legal and commercial support provided was a vital part of our capacity to win a competitive bidding process.’” BRW, vol.33 no.21, June 2-8, 2011
- “Highly recommended and appreciated for [his] responsiveness” Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2011