Kon is a corporate lawyer with a particular focus on representing financial sponsors on their investment transactions and fundraising activities
He advises fund managers, superannuation and pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors on domestic and international investment transactions, and on establishing and investing in domestic and international investment funds.
Kon has particular expertise in alternative investment classes, including venture capital, private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds.
He has been involved in the development of limited partnership legislation in Australia and has also prepared template documentation for private investment funds, including venture capital limited partnerships for the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
Key deals
Private equity and venture capital
Advised private equity and venture capital firms, government bodies, superannuation and pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors on their:
- private equity and venture capital investments, trade sales and IPOs; and
- establishment of, and investments in, private equity and venture capital funds.
Infrastructure and real estate
Advised fund managers, superannuation and pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors on their:
- investments in airports, seaports, toll roads, pipelines, power stations, utilities, social infrastructure, forestry assets and real estate; and
- establishment of, and investments in, infrastructure funds and real estate funds.
Debt funds and hedge funds
Advised fund managers, superannuation and pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors on their establishment of, and investments in, debt funds and hedge funds.