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John Moutsopoulos

Partner

Sydney

John is a leading investment fund and financial services specialist with over 20 years’ experience in top tier Australian and international law firms acting for private industry and government in relation to investment transactions across a range of real asset classes and venture capital.

Before joining Mills Oakley, John co-led the ESG portfolio for KPMG Law Australia for 5 years working closely with climate change, sustainability, and natural capital experts a combination and experience which has allowed him to make a difference with his clients as they lean into a net zero, nature positive future.

John is a cross border funds expert with a focus on real estate and new investment solutions in the ESG/low carbon space including across agri farmland, carbon and natural capital and biodiversity credit projects and markets. On a personal front John is also a regenerative sheep farmer.

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Memberships, Accreditation and Activities

  • John has been named as a leading expert in legal directories for both investment funds and financial services regulation
  • Member of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) and Natural Capital Working Group of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA)
  • Member ESG Working Group, ASFA
  • Member, Carbon Market Institute
  • Executive Certificate in Advancing Sustainability 2022, NYU Stern School of Business

Expertise

John’s expertise covers:

  • Private capital, including capital partnerships and club deals
  • Funds
  • Financial Services
  • Agribusiness
  • Carbon and Natural Capital Advisory
  • Sustainable finance advisory
  • New energy
  • Environmental, Social and Governance.

Recent Matters

  • Acted for offshore sovereign wealth fund on the upstream structuring of its inbound investment into various third party investment platforms giving exposure to a range of different Australian real asset classes including BTR .
  • Acted for fund manager in structuring and establishing its successive purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) investment platforms being a capital partnership and a club deal (structured as an MIT) and advising on its successful AFSL application for its fund manager business.
  • Acted for VC manager in structuring and establishing its investment platform as an early stage Venture capital limited partnership
  • Acted for Australian state Government in the design of its proposed state backed early stage venture capital fund and procurement of independent fund manager.
  • Acted for an agtech start up in structuring and in successive stages of capital raising with global climate capital and family offices.
  • Acted for fund manager in structuring (and extending) its stapled Agri farmland investment platform with global capital investors and in relation to the iteration of its investment mandate towards natural capital as an asset class.
  • Acted for new energy team at multinational mining and resources group in exploring options to maximise participation in carbon markets and in successfully applying for its carbon markets AFSL.
  • Acted for new energy team at multinational LNG group in exploring options to maximise participation in carbon markets and in applying for its carbon markets AFSL.
  • Acted for large super fund in providing greenwashing advisory services regarding its public website content and product disclosure statement for the fund.
  • Acted for a number of carbon farming developers in designing their template project development contracts and offtake contracts and in managing their financial services regulatory compliance.

Memberships, Accreditation & Activities

  • John has been named as a leading expert in legal directories for both investment funds and financial services regulation
  • Member of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) and Natural Capital Working Group of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA)
  • Member ESG Working Group, ASFA
  • Member, Carbon Market Institute
  • Executive Certificate in Advancing Sustainability 2022, NYU Stern School of Business