Commercial Transactions: Expert Legal Support
Our team of experienced commercial lawyers provides expert legal support for a wide range of transactions and projects.
M&A – Sell Side
Technology
Lead legal advisors for the sale of shares in a tech company for $35 million, which were owned by over 50 individuals and entities across the world. There were complex cross border considerations as the target entity operated across multiple jurisdictions.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Agriculture
Lead defense advisor in defending a claim for approx. $100m+ relating to breach of contractual warranties and misleading and deceptive conduct in international arbitration proceedings.
Insolvency, Restructuring & Turnaround
Engineering
Lead restructuring advisor to a director of a group in liquidation in the resolution of approx. $10m+ of personal liability exposure via a personal insolvency agreement.
Business Succession
Agriculture
Operating business and a large number of passive and active land assets holding entities with a total enterprise value of approximately $400 million, transitioning to the third generation.
Corporate – Listing
Mining
Back door listing of two mining companies with a consecutive restructure.
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Real estate
Lead restructuring advisor to a director of a mid-sized real estate group in his informal restructure and recapitalisation process via a turnaround plan, and resolution of approx. $10m+ of personal liability exposure from the companies via an informal debt compromise arrangement.
M&A – Buy Side
Childcare
We were the lead advisors to the buyers acquiring 35% of the shares in a childcare group with an enterprise value of $28 million. The transaction included provision of financial support to the childcare group by way of revolving credit facility, shareholder agreements and redemption of preference shares.
General Commercial
Commercial
We were the lead advisors on a syndicated debt facility arrangement, with a debt amount of $60 million with complex security considerations.
M&A – Sell side
Agriculture
High profile sale of an agricultural business for $26 million. This transaction involved an insolvent seller and complex environmental considerations.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Mining Services
Trial Counsel and lead defence advisor to subsidiary of public company in contested intellectual property rights and security interest claims
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Mining
Lead restructuring advisor to a senior secured creditor of an ASX listed group in receivership and external administration in their security enforcement process.
M&A – Sell Side
Engineering
Lead advisors on the sale of shares in an engineering company. This transaction also required a simultaneous tax restructure of the group which we also curated and managed.
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Mining
Lead restructuring advisor on safe harbour protection for insolvent trading to a board of directors of an ASX listed group of companies.
Litigation and dispute resolution
Construction
Lead Counsel and advisor to electrical contractor in recovery proceedings for unpaid contractual works, in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the Court of Appeal and the High Court.
Business Succession
Civil Engineering
In conjunction with wealth advisors, we designed and implemented a complex business succession planning strategy to transition a $70 million business to the second generation.
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Mining
Lead restructuring advisor to a private equity firm in their acquisition of an ASX listed group of companies via a deed of company arrangement.
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Construction
Lead restructuring advisor to the board of directors of a mid-sized group of construction companies in external administration in their formal restructure and recapitalisation process via a deed of company arrangement.
M&A – Sell Side
Health & Fitness
Lead legal advisors on sale of shares of a well-known Perth gym chain to a publicly trading entity for $9.5 million. The shares were widely held across 25 separate entities, with escrow and balance sheet adjustment considerations.
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Liquor
Lead restructuring advisor to the director of a company in external administration in his formal restructure and recapitalisation process via a deed of company arrangement, and defence to a claim by the Tax Office for the company’s outstanding tax in the High Court defence.
Insolvency, restructuring and turnaround
Clean Energy
Lead restructuring advisor to a director of a group of companies in receivership and external administration with creditors claims of approx. $600M+.
Litigation and dispute resolution
Mining
Lead plaintiff advisor to liquidators of a group of companies in liquidation in their investigations and recovery of approx. 50+ claims.