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Brendan Sheehan

Partner

Melbourne

Brendan is a specialist M&A lawyer with more than 17 years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings and other corporate transactions in Australia and internationally. Brendan’s expertise is recognised in the current editions of Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Doyle’s Guide.

Brendan’s focus is mid-market M&A and he enjoys acting for a diverse range of clients, including founders on exits and large corporates on acquisitions. Clients appreciate Brendan’s clear, pragmatic, outcome-focussed advice.

Brendan has led a number of important acquisitions for large corporate clients such as Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:ERF) and The IRONMAN® Group. Brendan also regularly expertly guides founders through exits, including trade sales to international buyers and to private equity firms.

 

‘Brendan Sheehan genuinely cares about outcomes for clients and goes the extra mile, often thinking strategically for the longevity of the business and its future success. He is a trusted advisor, gives succinct advice, he has solid technical skills and an ability to apply this through a commercial lens.’

Legal 500, Asia Pacific 2026

 

 

  • +61 438 195 210
  • +61 3 8681 4451

Memberships, Accreditation and Activities

  • Recommended Lawyer (Corporate and M&A) Legal 500, Asia Pacific 2026
  • Rising Star Partner in the IFLR1000 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 rankings guides
  • Recommended Lawyer, Leading Corporate Lawyers (Victoria, 2025), Doyle’s Guide
  • Recommended Lawyer, Leading Business and Commercial Lawyers (Victoria, 2025 and 2026), Doyle’s Guide.

Expertise

Brendan’s expertise includes:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Joint ventures
  • Capital raisings
  • Restructures
  • Other corporate transactions.

Recent Matters

  • Advised leading independent liquor wholesaler Paramount Liquor on the sale of 50% of the Paramount Liquor group to private equity fund Mercury Capital.
  • Advised the sellers on the sale of Arrow Funds Management to Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI).
  • Advised the founder of RMS Cloud (cloud-based property management system) with respect to his majority sell down to Advent Partners.
  • Advised the shareholders of Consolidated Property Services (Australia) Pty Ltd on the sale of the company to Bidvest Group Ltd (JSE: BVT).
  • Advised on a number of acquisitions by Eurofins Australia and New Zealand (the Australian subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: ERF)), including its recent acquisition of Kalyx Australia and New Zealand.
  • Advised iSelect Limited (ASX: ISU) on a Scheme of Arrangement pursuant to which Innovation Holdings Australia (a member of the IHA Group that also owns Auto & General and Compare the Market) acquired all of the shares of iSelect that it did not already own.
  • Advised iSelect Limited (ASX: ISU) on its investment in CIMET Holdings Pty Ltd, which was effected by way of a subscription and purchase of shares.
  • Advised Lux Group Limited (owner of Luxury Escapes) on a $70m fund raise by Auctus Investment Group Limited (ASX:AVC).
  • Advised USM Events Pty on its acquisition and subsequent divestment of FulGaz, a market leading cycling app, which offers its subscribers access to virtual rides on Apple, Android and Windows devices
  • Advised the World Triathlon Corporation (owner of IRONMAN®) on its purchase of multiple events (including the City2Surf and Melbourne Corporate Triathlon) from Nine Entertainment Group
  • Advised on the formation of Petra Industries by private equity firm Queens Lane Capital and roll-up of leading Australian stone and tile businesses, including Signorino Tile Gallery and Multiform Industries
  • Advised Petra Industries on a number of transactions, including its acquisition of Woodcut
  • Advised on the sale of Canon Foods to Hellers Australia

Memberships, Accreditation & Activities

  • Recommended Lawyer (Corporate and M&A) Legal 500, Asia Pacific 2026
  • Rising Star Partner in the IFLR1000 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 rankings guides
  • Recommended Lawyer, Leading Corporate Lawyers (Victoria, 2025), Doyle’s Guide
  • Recommended Lawyer, Leading Business and Commercial Lawyers (Victoria, 2025 and 2026), Doyle’s Guide.