Hoda Nahlous

Hoda is a Partner in the Corporate Advisory Team based in Sydney. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, restructuring, joint ventures, corporate law, governance and board advisory.

Prior to joining Mills Oakley, Hoda was the National Co-Head of Corporate M&A at KPMG Law Australia, and served as the NSW State Lead for Deals, Tax and Legal. She works closely with international and domestic clients on cross border mergers and acquisition, capital markets, restructuring, joint ventures and other corporate transactions.  She also previously served as senior in-house counsel at a leading global investment bank, advising on numerous buy-side / sell-side and capital markets mandates.

Hoda is also known as an expert in all-things governance, working closely with Boards and Executive Management on governance transformations, board and committee formations, conflicts management and more generally providing situations-based strategic advice.

Memberships, Accreditation and Activities

  • Bachelor of Laws (Order of Merit), University of New South Wales
  • Master of Laws (Corporate and Commercial Law, with distinction), University of New South Wales
  • Member of the Law Society New South Wales
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia
  • Best Lawyers, Australia 2025; 2026; 2027 Edition
  • Legal 500, “Firm to Watch”, 2025 Edition
  • Legal 500, Australia, Leading Capital Markets Lawyer
  • Lawyers Weekly, Partner of the Year Awards 2020 – New Partner of the Year, Finalist

Expertise

Hoda’s expertise includes:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets
  • Governance and Board Advisory
  • Corporate Advisory
  • Restructuring
  • Joint Ventures
  • Not-for-profit and charities

Recent Matters

  • Advised the Navegar-led Exiting Sellers, on the sale of their shares in Cloudstaff Holdings Pty Ltd, a pioneer of global remote staffing, to Engelmann Capital, part of a global investment firm with holdings across multiple industries
  • Advised the Founders of NewPsych Psychologists on their 100% share sale to Partnered Health (backed by Private Equity, Qaudrant), involving a competitive sell-side process
  • Advised the founder of Killard Group, a leading water infrastructure business in Australia, in a first-to-entry market leading partnership with Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd, one of the largest infrastructure groups in India
  • Advised Virtual IT Group, an Australian leading IT Managed Services Provider, as sell-side legal counsel, on its strategic alliance with Riverside Company
  • Advised the Founders of Pac Trading on the sale to Adamantem Capital, involving a competitive sell-side process
  • Advised a foreign energy leader on its proposed multi-billion dollar competitive sale and refinance of its Australian renewable energy projects portfolio
  • Advised v2 Foods on its strategic acquisition of the ready meal brands Soulara and Macros by way of a competitive bid process
  • Advised a global brand on its competitive bid for the Aesop Group (which subsequently sold for $3.7bn)
  • Advised HBT Australia in a competitive bid-process, in relation to each of HBT’s recent strategic acquisitions executing on HBT’s ambitions to grow its Australian underground mining presence: Waratah; Underground; and Pempek
  • Advised Nimble Money Limited on its strategic acquisition of the Zeefi business, enabling Nimble to grow its loan book to over $100 million
  • Advised Moneytech Group Limited on its $425 million capital raising comprising equity and debt, as well as advising Moneytech on its stakeholder management, including its AGM where it sought shareholder approval for various aspects of the raising

Memberships, Accreditation & Activities

  • Bachelor of Laws (Order of Merit), University of New South Wales
  • Master of Laws (Corporate and Commercial Law, with distinction), University of New South Wales
  • Member of the Law Society New South Wales
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia
  • Best Lawyers, Australia 2025; 2026; 2027 Edition
  • Legal 500, “Firm to Watch”, 2025 Edition
  • Legal 500, Australia, Leading Capital Markets Lawyer
  • Lawyers Weekly, Partner of the Year Awards 2020 – New Partner of the Year, Finalist