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Gary Lim

Gary specialises in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets. Gary has extensive experience advising on corporate and commercial transactions, including: negotiated mergers and acquisitions; regulated mergers and acquisitions including off-market takeover bids and schemes of arrangement; equity capital markets including initial public offerings, secondary offers, placements, rights issues and unregulated share offers; corporate governance […]

Michael Joyce

Michael has over 34 years’ of experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer practicing across numerous jurisdictions and countries. Michael works with global corporations and institutional investors on all aspects of their businesses. Throughout his career, Michael has provided advice to directors, boards, management committees and senior management in relation to transactional, risk and compliance […]

Faiza Bukhary

With over 10 years’ experience in M&A and equity capital markets, Faiza specialises in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions across a range of industries, with a personal interest in sports & entertainment. Faiza also has significant experience in advising on equity and capital markets from IPOs and secondary capital raisings to ASX listing compliance […]

John Kettle

John is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (LL.B) and Oxford University (BCL). He is admitted in Australia, Ireland and England. John has over 25 years’ experience in major advisory, transactional and project work across many sectors with a nationally significant practice in corporate, competition, energy and utilities. He also has a strong understanding of […]

Michael Morris

Michael is recognised as a legal expert in data, cyber and privacy governance; technology and telecommunications procurement, projects and regulation; and commercial IP. Prior to joining Gadens in August 2023, Michael had been a partner at Allens for 8 years. He regularly advises local, national and international organisations, and government on all legal and governance […]

Kenneth Tang

Kenneth is a leading specialist in acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate finance, funds financing, restructuring work-outs, secondary debt trades and distressed investing, both in domestic and cross border transactions with over 20 years’ experience. Kenneth has particular expertise on senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt packages accessing both bank and debt capital markets; on syndicated and […]

Shane Wacker

Shane is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer and has been involved in a broad range of corporate transactions and advice work. Shane advises on general corporate and commercial transactions, including public and private capital raisings, and a wide variety of commercial agreements, including shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, business and asset sale agreements, share […]

Joanne Moss

Joanne has 20 years’ experience advising clients in large scale, complex and cross-border corporate and commercial disputes. A current chair and non-executive director of ASX-listed companies, and having previously held chief legal and executive roles within a Fortune 500 brand, Joanne takes a deeply commercial and solutions based approach towards client matters. Joanne specialises in […]

Matt Watt

Matt’s practice involves advising clients on corporate and commercial law issues. Matt works with clients from start-ups to established businesses operating in a range of sectors and industries including technology, hospitality and FMCG. Matt advises companies across the spectrum of corporate and commercial law issues, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, joint […]

Melissa Phillips

Melissa acts for a broad range of corporate, government and not-for-profit clients with a particular focus on unregulated and regulated mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets. Melissa has extensive experience in relation to large scale acquisitions and disposals, equity capital raisings (including initial public offerings and secondary offers), joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, corporate […]

Kate Mills

Kate has broad experience in company mergers, acquisitions, contested takeovers (including Takeovers Panel matters), capital and debt raisings, continuous disclosure, and general corporate advisory work. Kate is a specialist in corporate governance and regulatory matters and investigations, including compliance and regulation of credit, financial markets and services, funds management, prudential and financial services executive accountability […]

Vaughan Petherbridge

Vaughan has over 20 years of experience at top-tier law firms and in-house in Australia and the United States. Specialising in corporate and commercial law, Vaughan’s work focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), early stage investing, joint ventures, complex business separations and transitional arrangements, and general corporate advisory work. Vaughan has successfully led and closed […]