Principal’s Experience and Expertise

Rated by his peers (Doyles & Chambers Rankings) as one of Australia’s 3 best corporate, M&A, Private Equity Lawyers in Australia for more than 15 years. Described as “pre-eminent in Australia”
Lead counsel in over 300 M&A transactions, IPO’s Capital raisings, debt restructuring
Transactions include well-known names such as:
Channel 9, Qantas, NBN Contractor (Leightons), MYOB, KFC (Collins Foods), Energy Developments Limited, Affinity Health/ Ramsey Hospital Group, Link Market Services, American Stock & Trustee Services, Simplot (Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, I&J, John West), Peter’s Ice Creams, Frucor/ Danone (V energy drink), Super A Mart Furniture, Tegel Chickens NZ; Monash IVF, Bravura Solutions, Enviro-Waste, etc etc
Transaction value range $24m to $6 Billion

Founded a litigation finance company with $250,000 and expanded it into a listed funder with a market capitalization of $30 million, (Executive Chairman)
Raised $10 million in one day in Melbourne
International Partner, Managing Partner and Board member of a major accounting and financial advisory firm
Served as an independent director of 7 listed ASX companies including chairing audit committees, transaction committees (including chairing Due Diligence Committees) and Litigation Committees
Led (as a principal) the acquisition of more than 20 accounting, law and corporate advisory firms across the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom and Europe
Chairman of one of Australia’s leading and largest law firms