Practice Expertise

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private equity
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Areas of Practice

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private equity
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Profile

My primary focus is to take the time to work with clients to build trusted relationships in order to develop a clear and strong understanding of my client's businesses from an operational and strategic perspective. This enables me to become a trusted advisor in managing my client's legal and commercial portfolio.

Career highlights

  • Acted for the Salter Brothers, GIC and Partners Group joint venture in its acquisition of the Travelodge hotel portfolio from Mirvac and NRMA, being the largest hotel real estate transaction in Australian history.
  • Acted for US PE fund, ShoreView Industries and founder shareholders in the sale of Rollease Acmeda to JM Family Enterprises Inc, a privately held company with over $18 billion in revenue and more than 5,000 associates. Rollease Acmeda, established in 1980 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, is a global market leader in window covering systems.
  • Acted for Bain & Company (leading global consultancy) in its acquisition of ArcBlue, a leader in procurement consulting across the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Salter Brothers across a diverse range of investment management fund activities including the flagship Salter Brothers Hotel Group and its hotel portfolio acquisitions.
  • Acting for New York-based Kudu Investment Management, an independent provider of permanent capital solutions to asset and wealth managers, in providing financing and additional capital for Channel Capital, a leading Australian multi-affiliate investment management company servicing more than A$16 billion in assets.
  • Shoreview Industries and portfolio company (Rollease Acmeda) on a range of acquisitions including Waypoint, Texstyle and Acmeda (when acting for the founders).
  • Acted for the founders in their sale of Andale Beverage Systems, Australia's largest manufacturer, distributor and service provider of dispensing equipment to Micro Matic, the global market leader in the supply of beverage dispensing equipment.
  • Acted for the founders in their sale of FanHub Media, a leading provider of F2P games and fan engagement solutions to Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI)
  • Kuraray Group including acting for Gordon Merchant (as founder) in the sale of Plantic Technologies Limited to Kuraray.
  • Other founder exits and transactions including Kennedy Watches & Jewellery, Inference Technologies, Dutton Garage, sale of Costa Group to Paine and Partners, Stargate Information Systems to Rubik.

Education
BSC (HONS), LLB (HONS)

Areas of Practice

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private equity

Professional Career



Articles

  • MinterEllison advises Salter Brothers on luxury hotel acquisition in Adelaide

    MinterEllison advised Salter Brothers on their acquisition of the Sofitel Adelaide, a five-star hotel in the center of Adelaide, for $154 million, marking a new benchmark in the local market.

  • MinterEllison advises Salter Brothers on acquisition of Spicers Retreats

    This is the first portfolio acquisition of Salter Brothers' new 'Retreat' fund platform.

  • MinterEllison's M&A century

    In a record-breaking year for the firm, MinterEllison worked on over 100 M&A deals in 2021 - ranking second in deal volume in MergerMarket's League Tables.

  • MinterEllison scoops two awards at the 2022 IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards

    MinterEllison has won the Restructuring Deal of the Year for work on Boart Longyear, and the prestigious National Law Firm of the Year Award for Australia.

  • MinterEllison advising Salter Brothers on $150m acquisition of NEXT Hotel and $240m capital raisings

    MinterEllison is advising Salter Brothers Hotel Group (Salter Brothers) on all aspects of their A$150 million acquisition of the 304-room NEXT Hotel on Queen Street Mall in Brisbane's CBD. MinterEllison is also advising Salter Brothers on two separate capital raisings together totalling up to A$240 million.

  • Salter Brothers continues its expansion in the luxury retreat market

    Acquisition of five luxury retreats in the Blue Mountains and Hunter Valley from the Escarpment Group.

  • 10 insights into public mergers and acquisitions

    Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and heightened market volatility, the last two and half years have delivered a record M&A boom in terms of deal volumes and values. In our Directions in public M&A report, we explore 10 insights into deal activity, sectors to watch and the outlook for M&A going forward.

     

  • MinterEllison acts for Salter Brothers on $620m acquisition of Travelodge hotel portfolio

    The complex transaction – one of the largest hotel real estate transactions to be undertaken in the Australian market – also included the establishment of the ~$1.5 billion Salter Brothers Hospitality Real Estate fund.

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