Mergers and acquisitions and takeovers

Our transactional client base includes individuals and small companies, as well as listed corporations; large private companies; private equity funds; and venture capitalists.

The key to our success in transactional work is our commitment to achieving pragmatic commercial outcomes for our clients. Our team prides itself on understanding our client’s businesses, and the commercial priorities and motivations behind every deal.

We offer our clients a full range of transactional services that include: 

• acquisitions and sales (share or asset);
• due diligence investigations (vendor and purchaser, and establishment and operation of data rooms);
• transaction documentation (for example, negotiation and drafting of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, heads of agreement, sale agreements, and shareholders/joint venture agreements);
• corporate restructuring (for example, asset and share sales, incorporation of proprietary and public companies, incorporated and unincorporated joint ventures, partnerships and incorporated associations);
• Corporations Act, listing rules and Foreign Investment Review Board compliance advice;
• public takeover bids;
• takeover defences;
• venture capital;
• shareholder buyouts; and
• management buyouts.

Contact

Partner         Glenn Vassallo
Partner         Scott Standen