I enjoy working collaboratively with Australian, international and government clients to deliver complex corporate transactions and develop lasting relationships.

I have led teams advising on complex and large corporate transactions engaging with multiple stakeholders and advisers to deliver outcomes for clients. Those transactions have included mergers, acquisitions, privatisations and restructures in the traditional and social infrastructure, transport and tourism, renewable energy, electricity and technology sectors.

Clients value my pragmatic and collaborative approach and ability to deliver transaction outcomes.

Career highlights

• Queensland electricity distributor merger – advising the Queensland Government and Queensland Treasury Corporation on the merger of Queensland government owned electricity distribution businesses, Energex and Ergon Energy, under a new $24 billion government owned corporation, Energy Queensland Limited
• Queensland electricity generator mergers – advising Tarong Energy (and subsequently, Stanwell) in relation to the restructure of Queensland government owned electricity generators, Stanwell, Tarong Energy and CS Energy.
• Queensland port lease – advising the Queensland Government on the $2.1 billion long term lease of the Port of Brisbane.
• Victorian port lease – advising the Victorian Government on the $9.73 billion long term lease of the Port of Melbourne.
• Victorian land titles commercialisation – advising the Victorian Government on the $2.86 billion commercialisation of the land titles registry, Land Use Victoria.
• Endeavour Energy – advising a participant in the consortium taking a 50.4% interest in a $7.6 billion long term lease of New South Wales government owned electricity distributor Endeavour Energy.
• Stanwell Corporation Limited – advising on the acquisition of a 50% interest in the 252MW Wambo Wind Farm Stage 1 and 254MW Wambo Wind Farm Stage 2, to be jointly owned and operated with UK renewable energy investor, Cubico Sustainable Investments. The Wambo Wind Farm forms part of the Western Downs Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in Queensland.
• Total Energy Services, Inc – advising Total Energy Services, Inc. and its subsidiary Savanna Energy Services Pty Ltd on the US$37 million acquisition of drilling rig operator Saxon Energy Services Australia Pty Ltd from SLB Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, a member of the global Schlumberger Limited (SLB) group.
• Transit Systems Pty Ltd – advising on the sale of Transit Systems, Tower Transit and their broader group to ASX-listed SeaLink Travel Group Limited (now Kelsian Group Limited), for an enterprise value of $635 million plus an earn-out component of up to $63 million, the $125 million sale of its marine business to SeaLink, and its acquisition of Adelaide's Light City Buses business from Broadspectrum Australia.
• Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Parmalat Australia Pty Ltd) – advising on its $118 million acquisition of Harvey Food & Beverage Ltd (Harvey Fresh), its $63 million acquisition of NSW, ACT and SA Dairy Farmers' assets from National Foods Limited and its $15 million acquisition of Fonterra's yoghurt and dairy dessert business.

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• $698m sale of Transit Systems and Tower Transit
  

  Over many years, we have developed a strong relationship with Transit Systems Pty Ltd, advising on a number of M&A transactions as they have grown to become Australia’s largest private operator of metropolitan public bus services.