Danelle heads the U.S. Banking practice and is the US representative on our Partnership Board. She has extensive experience in advising clients in complex domestic and cross-border finance transactions, including leveraged buy-outs and other acquisition financings, general corporate financings, fund financings, asset finance transactions, infrastructure and project finance transactions, structured and tax-based financings, debt restructurings and work outs.

Danelle is the lead U.S. relationship partner for several of the firm’s major banking clients. She is ranked in Chambers USA 2026 for Banking & Finance, and legal directories have noted that Danelle is “very knowledgeable, commercial and responsive” and “highly professional and goes the ‘extra mile’ to provide technical legal as well as practical, strategic advice to the highest standard.”

Danelle completed a bachelor of commerce at the University of Otago, New Zealand and a bachelor of laws at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.