Special Counsel
CurrentI have extensive experience in share and business acquisitions and sales, distressed asset sales on behalf of liquidators and administrators, advising companies and shareholders in relation to documentation of security holder and joint venture arrangements, supply, distribution and services agreements and capital raisings and regulation.My recent experience includes:• Regularly advising SIV Fund managers and Chinese investors (both individuals and corporations) in relation to… Show more I have extensive experience in share and business acquisitions and sales, distressed asset sales on behalf of liquidators and administrators, advising companies and shareholders in relation to documentation of security holder and joint venture arrangements, supply, distribution and services agreements and capital raisings and regulation.My recent experience includes:• Regularly advising SIV Fund managers and Chinese investors (both individuals and corporations) in relation to foreign investment compliance and obtaining FIRB approval for direct and indirect investments in Australian commercial and agricultural land as well as residential developments.• Acting for a major transport group in relation to the acquisition of a number of transport businesses.• Acting for a family company in the ownership succession from the founder to two sons and then the next generation.• Acting for a UK food manufacturer in its acquisition of a number of Australian businesses.• Acting for a large multinational pharmaceutical group in a series of restructures and refinancing of its Australian business.• Acting for the vendors in the sale of a large data networking and network security solutions and services company.• Acting for the vendors in the sale of a large after-market auto parts trade and retail supplier.• Advising a listed biotech company on its proposal to remove all directors of a company in which it held a minority stake and appoint three new directors pursuant to a member requisitioned general meeting.• Advising a large national trade and industrial tool seller in relation to its corporate restructure to move from a cooperative to a franchise model.• Acting for a prime brokerage firm in its proposed ASX back-door listing. • Acting for public mining companies in the establishment of bi-lateral and tripartite joint ventures and farm-in arrangements. Show less
