I advise both corporate/strategic and private equity sponsor clients and Boards on a broad range of corporate, commercial, governance, securities law and investment matters across a range of sectors, including Construction & Engineering, Technology & Software, Services and Infrastructure.

Clients value my commercial knowledge and understanding, ability to perform in high-pressure situations, and my ability to lead and manage complex deals.

Career highlights

• Advising the world's largest hearing aid retailer, Italian stock exchange listed Amplifon S.p.A, in connection with various corporate transactions, including:
  
  • the A$550 million acquisition of Australian hearing aid retailer Bay Audio Pty
  • the A$55 million acquisition of premium hearing and audiology services business Attune Hearing
  • the acquisition of the audiology technology solutions business Otohub
• Advising UK headquartered Governance, Rick and Compliance Saas provider, Hg Capital portfolio company Ideagen, in connection with various corporate transactions, including:
  
  • the A$105 million acquisition of CompliSpace
  • the A$90 million take private acquisition by way of scheme of arrangement of ASX-listed workplace management and regulatory compliance software business Damstra
  • the acquisition of plant and equipment maintenance and regulatory compliance software solutions provider Plant Assessor.
  • the acquisition of operational consistency software business OpCentral
• Advising CIMIC in connection with various corporate transactions, including:
  
  • the A$174 million hostile takeover of the ASX-listed mining construction contractor Macmahon Holdings and CIMIC's subsequent divestment of its 23% stake in ASX-listed Macmahon Holdings by way of block trade
  • the acquisition of the Energy Upgrades & Maintenance business of ASX-listed RCR Tomlinson
• Advising multi-brand Australian retailer Greenlit Brands in connection with various corporate transactions, including:
  
  • the A$361 million takeover of ASX-listed Fantastic Holdings Limited;
  • the A$110 million strategic divestment of specialist Australian sofa retailer, Plush Think-Sofas, to ASX-listed Nick Scali Limited
  • the divestment of Greenlit Brands' General Merchandise division, comprising iconic brands Best&Less, Harris Scarfe, Debenhams and Postie, to funds advised by private equity manager Allegro Funds
  • the divestment of Fantastic Furniture's Chinese manufacturing operations
  • various matters relating to financial irregularities identified with respect to its Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed parent Steinhoff International, including the AU$300 million refinance by its existing syndicate of six local and international banks
• Advising infrastructure and projects consulting business TSA Riley and its shareholders in connection with various corporate transactions, including:
  
  • UK private equity firm Livingbridge's investment in TSA and subsequent exit
  • the AU$200 million sale of TSA Management to Quadrant Private Equity
  • various acquisitions in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, including the A$48 million strategic acquisition of the Capital Projects Advisory business of ASX-listed Worley Limited, the acquisition of embedded carbon advisory business The Footprint Company, the acquisitions of Australian project management and advisory consultancies Calcutta Group, Xact Projects and ProManage, the acquisitions of New Zealand project management businesses Xigo and Cequent and the acquisitions of UK headquartered consulting and advisory businesses Henry Riley and DGA Group
• Advising UK headquartered specialist and emerging risk insurance provider, EQT and Vitruvian Partners portfolio company CFC Underwriting, in connection with various corporate transactions, including:
  
  • the acquisition of leading specialist managing general agent and insurance underwriter Solution Underwriting
  • the acquisition of Australian cyber security and incident-response advisory business Insane Technologies
• Advising the founders and shareholders of Data Science, Machine Learning and AI specialist firm, Intellify, in connection with the acquisition of Intellify by global professional services firm Deloitte
• Advising the founders of multi-brand hair and beauty ecommerce retailer Oz Hair & Beauty on the strategic investment in Oz Hair & Beauty by a consortium of financial sponsors and strategic investors including BBRC and Edison Partners
• Advising Grays eCommerce Group Limited as the target in connection with ASX-listed Eclipx Group's A$178 million takeover by way of scheme of arrangement.
• Advising ASX-listed oOhmedia! in connection with its A$570 million acquisition of the Adshel street furniture business from ASX-listed HT&E Limited
• Advising the receivers and managers of Ten Network Holdings Limited, PPB Advisory, on its sale to US-television network CBS
• Advising the administrators of multi-utility infrastructure provider Flow Systems, PwC, on its sale to funds managed by Brookfield
• Advising the shareholders of specialist industrial and civil infrastructure equipment and solutions provider Specialised Force on its sale to Quadrant Private Equity portfolio company Jaybro.
• Advising the shareholders of Airlie Funds Management on its all-scrip sale to ASX-listed Magellan Financial Group
• Advising boutique Australian premium spirits company Artisan Spirit Merchants on the sale of its portfolio of brands to Asahi
• Advising employment services group AngusKnight Institute on its acquisition of Victorian Fitness Academy

• Development in shareholder intention statements with extension to restrict disposal of shares
  

  The current scheme for Pepper Group Limited appears to have advanced market practice for shareholder intention statements by including in an intention statement restrictions on disposal of target shares by the shareholders who made the statement.