Private M&A

Our private M&A team has the experience necessary to get deals over the line.

We have the expertise and confidence that comes from acting on Australia’s most significant and complex M&A transactions. We understand market practice and the issues, risks and commercial drivers for deal success, and apply this to ensure that our clients' deal objectives are achieved.

Our experience covers all aspects of M&A transactions, acting for buyers, sellers and other participants including domestic and global investors, fund managers, operators and financiers. Our team is sector-focused and brings together experts from all relevant legal disciplines.

With deep market knowledge and insights, we understand the market trends as they evolve, driving high-quality advice. This is supported by our regular analysis of the key metrics of all private M&A transactions involving the firm each year.

We take a strategic approach to maximise prospects of deal success in both competitive and bilateral processes, focusing on matters with valuation implications and tailoring negotiation strategies accordingly.

Our team also brings significant experience covering warranty and indemnity insurance, an increasingly important feature of many private M&A deals.

They weren't lawyers just applying the law but looked at the documentation through a commercial lens.

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YTL

Advised YTL Power International Berhad on the sale of its 33.5% stake in ElectraNet, South Australia’s primary high voltage electricity company, to Australian Utilities Trust for A$1.026 billion.

Tritium

Advised Tritium on its A$1.2 billion merger with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II and subsequent listing on the Nasdaq. This transaction was the first successful merger between an Australian company and a US SPAC.

LGT Group

Advised the Leichtenstein-based private wealth giant LGT on its buyout of Crestone Wealth Management with A$25 billion in Assets Under Management invested in private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and hedge funds.

Medibank Private

Advised ASX listed Medibank Private on its acquisition of a non-controlling economic interest in Myhealth Medical Centres from Crescent Capital Partners; the acquisition of a 49% stake in East Sydney Private Hospital Pty Ltd; and on the establishment of joint venture to develop a short-stay, no-gap surgical facility.

Access Group

Advised Access Group and its private equity owners Hg Capital and TA Associates on all of the Access Group's Australian acquisitions including the acquisition of Sage’s Australian business and Reckon Practice Management Accounting Group.