Tim is a partner in the Corporate group of Herbert Smith Freehills with particular expertise in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and managed funds matters. In 2015 Tim co-lead the Herbert Smith Freehills' team on Murray Goulburn’s complex capital restructure, $500 million capital raising and listing of the MG Unit Trust on ASX and lead Herbert Smith Freehills' team on significant rights issues by Santos and Treasury Wine Estates and the ASX listing of MMG Limited.Tim is recognised as:• Best Lawyer’s 2017 Melbourne Equity Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year;• one of Australia’s best equity capital markets lawyers in the Best Lawyers peer review survey since its inception in 2009 through to 2017;• a ‘Leader in their Field’ by Chambers Global where he is described as ‘the kind of lawyer I go to with complicated problems – he always comes up with creative and original solutions’;• a leading individual for Capital Markets in Asia Pacific Legal 500; and• one of Australia’s best funds management lawyers in the Best Lawyers peer review survey in 2012 to 2017.Tim has acted on initial public offerings, secondary capital raisings (including entitlement offers using accelerated structures and “low doc” offers), hybrid security offers, warrant and structured product offers, schemes of arrangement for companies and managed investment schemes, takeovers and negotiated acquisitions and disposals. Tim’s transaction experience is in relation to both companies and managed investment schemes, for issuers and for all of Australia’s major underwriters and lead managers.Tim has provided extensive advice on Corporations Act compliance for companies and managed investment schemes, including in relation to the ASX Listing Rules, directors’ duties, related party transactions, capital reductions, DRPs, security buy backs, corporate governance issues and Australian Financial Services Licensing.