Practice Expertise

  • Corporate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
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Profile

Some of my working relationships with leading Australian companies have endured for more than a decade. My focus is always on achieving the best business outcome for my clients, and I take pride in being part of their commercial decision-making teams.

My expertise spans various industry sectors, including ageing , agriculture, health, infrastructure and transport. I also assist many Chinese companies with their businesses and transactions in Australia.

Career highlights:
  • Toll Group; Plenary Group; Spotless Group; Smartgroup – assisted with numerous acquisitions, divestments and transactions over more than 10 years
  • Select Harvests – worked on various transactions over more than seven years
  • Pacific Equity Partners – acted in Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget’s sale of a 50 per cent interest in its Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Islands business to joint venture funds, including all ongoing shareholder arrangements
  • Goldman Sachs JBWere – advised on the sale of its JBWere stockbroking and private wealth management business to National Australia Bank
  • Pasminco Group of Companies – worked on the administration and reconstruction of the group
  • Healthscope – supported the company’s $2.7 billion recommended sale to TPG/Carlyle Group by scheme of arrangement
  • Singapore Power Limited – advised on the acquisition of TXU Corporation’s entire Australian operations.
  • Jangho Group – worked on the off-market takeover offer for Australian Securities Exchange–listed Vision Eye Institute
  • Viva Energy – helped facilitate the acquisition of Shell Aviation Australia

Education
LLB, BCom

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Alumni of the Future Focus Group, Committee for Melbourne



Articles

  • Kraft Heinz acquires food and coffee business of Cerebos Pacific

    MinterEllison has advised The Kraft Heinz Company on its acquisition of Cerebos Pacific Ltd’s food and instant coffee business, including iconic brands Gravox, SAXA, Fountain and Foster Clark’s.

  • Joint takeover of ASX listed Sirtex Medical Limited
    MinterEllison advised CDH Investments and China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Limited on their last-minute A$1.90 billion joint takeover for ASX listed Sirtex Medical Limited.

  • MinterEllison advises Visy on glass acquisition

    The acquisition represents a show of strength in the manufacturing sector.

  • Jangho Group completes takeover of Vision Eye Institute
    China's Jangho Group has completed its acquisition of ASX-listed Vision Eye Institute Limited, paying approximately A$200 million for the company in an all-cash transaction.

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