We are a national corporate advisory practice group that is known for providing high quality and commercially astute advice on all aspects of corporate law, with a specific focus on private and public M&A transactions and equity capital markets fundraisings.
We are a growing team that is regularly adding new private and publicly listed corporate clients who are domiciled either within Australia or in overseas jurisdictions. Other clients that we regularly provide advice to include domestic and overseas funds, financial services institutions, trusts, receivers, administrators and liquidators, family offices and high net worth individuals.
The team has strong experience across a range of sectors, including energy and resources, aviation, logistics, telecommunications, media and technology, biotech and healthcare, pharmacy, aged care and retail. Most of our corporate partners are recognised in leading legal directories, such as Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, for their expertise.
We are known for providing commercially astute and pragmatic advice. We typically adopt a hands-on and focused approach to craft tailored legal solutions to challenging commercial and regulatory issues.
Our expertise includes:
Private Mergers and Acquisitions (including buy-ins, sell-downs and more typical share purchase and asset purchase transactions)
Public Mergers and Acquisitions (including schemes of arrangement, takeovers and back-door transactions)
Fundraising on Equity Capital Markets, acting for both issuers and joint lead managers/underwriters on pre-IPO capital raisings, initial public offerings, institutional placements, share purchase plans, dividend reinvestment plans, rights issues and convertible security offerings
Sale of distressed assets out of receivership, administration or liquidation
Corporate restructuring (including capital consolidations and re-organisations)
Employee incentive schemes (for both domestic and foreign-owned corporations, particularly US-based global companies)
Corporate governance
Advising foreign entities on investing and doing business in Australia, including obtaining any necessary approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB)
Franchising
Risk management and commercial contracting.
