Our private equity specialists advise our clients on the most effective ways to successfully invest in and capitalise on opportunities in both Australia and overseas. We understand that successful private equity transactions often need an innovative approach, and that technical competence combined with the ability to think creatively will help our clients achieve the best outcomes.
With backgrounds in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, finance and insolvency, we have access to a wide range of resources and will work proactively to plan and complete transactions within the required timeframes.
Areas of Expertise
- Capital raisings and investments
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Entry and exit strategies
- Management and secondary buy outs and buy ins
- Share and asset sales
- IPOs and stock exchange listings
- Buy backs
- Cross border transactions
- Private equity financing
- Distressed asset sales
- Innovative structuring
- FIRB compliance
Our Experience
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Advising private equity group Navis Group on the due diligence aspects of its acquisition of the Wendy's franchise operations, comprising 325 franchised outlets throughout Australia and New Zealand.
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Advising Queensland-based private equity fund Ocean Capital on its acquisition of Sunlover Cruises from Japanese company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Advising a syndicate led by ASX-listed, New York-based private equity firm Union Capital on the acquisition of the controlling interest in the second largest telecommunications company in the Philippines, Eastern Telecommunications Philippines, for $45 million.
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Advising Auscript on an equity placement to sophisticated investors of $15 million to partially fund the acquisition of a digital recording and content management solutions business.
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Advising Australian International Training and Management Group on private placements to Talbot Group Investments to raise a total of $4.8 million.
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Advising Clear Objective, an unlisted public company, on a capital restructure by way of a share buy back of approximately $400,000, and an equity placement of approximately $600,000.
