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David Bryant

Partner

Melbourne

David is a leading corporate lawyer with more than 18 years’ experience. David advises clients across a wide range of industries on private and public M&A, capital raising and investments, joint ventures, strategic contracts, corporate restructuring and general corporate and commercial law.

David has a deep understanding of clients’ commercial drivers, risk profiles, challenges and opportunities. His work history, including previous roles in-house, has given him greater insight into the issues that matter to clients and has further honed his commercially-minded approach.

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  • +61 3 8681 4431

Memberships, Accreditation and Activities

  • Recognised in Best Lawyers in in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Equity Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law and Commercial Law
  • Recommended by Legal 500 in the area of Capital Markets
  • Recommended lawyer in Corporate – Victoria / leading lawyer in Business and Commercial – Victoria, in Doyle’s Guide

Expertise

David’s expertise includes:

  • Private and public mergers and acquisitions
  • Capital raising and investments
  • Corporate governance
  • Joint ventures
  • Strategic contracts
  • Corporate restructuring
  • General corporate and commercial law

Recent Matters

  • Advising the founders of Baker Bleu on the sale of a strategic interest to a consortium of investors comprised of family offices and institutional investors.
  •  Advising Venn Partners, a growth equity investor, on the acquisition of a strategic interest in Inline Innovations (a contract manufacturing business).
  • Advising on the sale of TIC Reverse Logistics to Assurant Inc (NYSE:AIZ).
  • Advising on the acquisition by Channel Infrastructure NZ (NZX:CHI) from CVC DIF of a minority interest in the Somerton Jet Fuel Pipeline (which supplies jet fuel to Melbourne Airport).
  • Advising the Donric Group, an operator of metropolitan and regional bus routes on behalf of the Victorian and Queensland state governments, on various M&A activity (buy and sell side).
  • Advising Palisade Impact on the acquisition of a substantial shareholding in Gigacomm, a provider of non-NBN fast interest services and products.
  • Advising Navalo Financial Services Group (formerly Payright) on various capital raising initiatives and the acquisition of a substantial shareholding by Metrics Credit Partners.
  • Advising SSP Group (LON:SSP) on the acquisition of Airport Retail Enterprises.
  • Advising on the sale of Swanson Industries (an AEA Investors portfolio company) to Questas (an Allegro Funds portfolio company).
  • Advising on the acquisition of Tankweld Engineering Solutions by Parkway Corporate Limited (ASX:PWN).
  • Advising on the acquisition by Polaris Marine (a portfolio company of Proserpine Capital Partners) of Harwood Marine.
  • Advising on the acquisition of the Select Fresh wholesale food distribution business by Costa Group (ASX:CGC).
  • Advising on the sale of Metro Food Co. by the founders of that Group to Openway Food Co. (a Five V Capital portfolio company).
  • Advising on the sale of Sita Buslines and Sita Coaches by the founders of that business to Transit Systems (now part of Sealink Group ASX: SLK).

Memberships, Accreditation & Activities

  • Recognised in Best Lawyers in in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Equity Capital Markets Law, Corporate Law and Commercial Law
  • Recommended by Legal 500 in the area of Capital Markets
  • Recommended lawyer in Corporate – Victoria / leading lawyer in Business and Commercial – Victoria, in Doyle’s Guide