Mergers & Acquisitions

The key to a successful transaction is a complete understanding of the client’s business. Our team is commercial and pragmatic, and make sure they build a detailed picture of our clients, their objectives, and the industries in which they operate.

Our Mergers & Acquisitions team are known for being deal–makers and for being invested in our clients’ success.

Bringing technical expertise and real–world experience to bear, the Mergers & Acquisitions team have a proven track record in delivering major projects for international and Australian clients, and offer ready access to senior lawyers who have successfully brought countless projects to fruition.

Every project is different, requiring different combinations of expertise and levels of resourcing. Our structure and approach enable us to ensure that the way we deliver our services is appropriate to each situation. We manage transactions efficiently and deliver optimal value for our clients, whilst always adhering to our guiding principle of excellence in what we do.

Services

  • Business and company acquisitions and divestments, including negotiated bilateral transactions and competitive bid processes
  • Buy–backs, capital reductions, corporate reconstructions
  • Fundraising
  • Joint ventures
  • Management and leveraged buyouts
  • Private equity
  • Public and private mergers and acquisitions, including takeovers and schemes of arrangement
  • Venture capital

People

Dale Chapman

Partner

Li-Jean Chew

Partner

Arthur Davis

Partner

Geri du Plessis

Partner

Daniel Goldberg

Partner

Laura Hartley

Partner

Robert Kerr

Partner

Kieren Parker

Managing Partner, Partner

David Stammers

Partner

Angelika Yates

Partner

David Ferguson

Consultant

Sarah Best

Special Counsel

Robert Dooley

Special Counsel

Richard Francis

Special Counsel

Renee Shipp

Special Counsel

Rebecca Dooley

Senior Associate

Chuanchan (CC) Ma

Senior Associate

Rachel White

Senior Associate

Recognition

Mergermarket – Top 20 law firm in Australasia H1 2022 legal advisor M&A league table by deal count