How we can help
M&A transactions demand decisive execution under regulatory, competitive and timing pressure. We advise buyers, sellers, boards, founders and investors on private M&A, sponsor transactions, joint ventures and strategic investments across Australia’s most active sectors. Our advice is frequently sought by boards and management teams of both bidders and targets on public M&A deals including schemes of arrangement, takeover bids and other control transactions.
Our approach is commercially disciplined. From initial structuring through to completion, we focus on transaction design, timetable management and regulatory strategy, ensuring deals progress efficiently while preserving leverage and value. We regularly act on transactions involving foreign investment approvals and where shareholder dynamics or activist pressure influence deal structure, timing or execution risk.
We partner with our clients to bring early regulatory analysis and deal structuring insight to every transaction, helping clients assess risk, sequence approvals and maintain momentum. Our experience spans both friendly and contested situations, often on cross-border transactions.
We work closely with foreign counsel on inbound and outbound M&A activity, supporting coordinated cross‑border advice and trusted referral relationships. Our advice connects governance, capital and control considerations, enabling clients to pursue strategic transactions with confidence.
Experience
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Aussie Broadband
Advised on over $1.5bn in corporate transactions, including its IPO, $344m acquisition of Over the Wire Holdings by scheme of arrangement, $248m acquisition of Symbio by scheme of arrangement and multiple capital raisings. -
Safika Holdings and Ntsimbintle Holdings
Advised on the approximately $1.1bn cross-border sale of manganese assets to Exxaro Resources. -
Maxo Telecommunications
Advised on the successful acquisition of ASX-listed Vonex in a contested process, securing control through a staged execution strategy involving a scheme of arrangement, on‑market takeover bid and subsequent scheme to acquire remaining minority interests. -
The Citadel Group
Advised the ASX-listed technology and services company on its $503m acquisition by Pacific Equity Partners by way of scheme of arrangement, guiding the board through the take-private process. -
Deel, Inc
Advised leading US-based payroll and compliance platform on its $120m acquisition of PayGroup by scheme of arrangement. -
Rinnai Australia
Advised on the acquisition of Smart Energy Group, a leading home energy product sales company, including ACCC and energy regulatory considerations (~$60 million including contingent consideration).