Deals

Doing a deal is different for every person and for every business. It’s why we take the time to get a deeper understanding of what you need before matching you with an expert team of legal professionals.

Our expertise has been called on by advisers, in-house teams and lawyers and has been used to write the Australian chapters of the Thomson Reuters Practical Law Private M&A Overview and Private M&A Trends Report.

Our depth of knowledge and experience means we don’t believe in a one-size fits all approach to deal making and start every transaction with an open mind and a flexible attitude.

We can help with:

Pre-deal work

• Risk analysis
• Deal structuring
• Understanding corporate governance and shareholder duties and liabilities
• The impact of required regulatory processes
• Competition strategies
• Process, due diligence and how to choose trusted advisors

M&A

• Deal and tax structuring
• Due diligence
• Private M&A 

Post-deal work

• Avoiding and mitigating disputes
• Integration or separation implementation

Start-ups

• Risk analysis, strategic planning and tax structuring
• Fundraising
• Due diligence
• Exit strategies

Foreign Investment

• Planning and understanding FIRB rules and thresholds
• Funding the investment and raising capital
• FIRB applications
• Cross-border foreign investment and tax structuring
• Understanding how to do business in Australia