About

Provided by Allens

With emphasis on quality, innovation and timeliness, Allens delivers highly successful outcomes in mergers and acquisitions for leading companies in Australia and around the world. We are one of only a few firms with a large number of public and private M&A specialists with the expertise to be able to advise on Australia's largest and most complex deals. This is evidenced by our consistent strength in the M&A league tables year after year. The depth of our firm means we are able to provide the large M&A teams and expert specialist advice required on these significant transactions, including major privatisations, cross-border acquisitions, significant telecommunications transactions and major global transactions.
Our highly regarded private equity team has significant experience advising global and domestic private equity sponsors across the investment lifecycle, from establishment, complex buyouts, distressed investments, minority stakes, bolt-on acquisitions, take-privates, leveraged and syndicated financing, through to eventual exit, whether that be through initial public offering or divestment.
Our strong and enduring relationships with leading financial advisers and regulators, including the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, the ACCC, the Takeovers Panel and the Australian Securities Exchange, enable us to play an effective part in any advisory team.

Chambers Review

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Private Equity - Australia

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Allens offers a richly resourced and versatile group, handling some of Australia's highest value and most significant cross-border and global public M&A transactions for a blue-chip, international clientele. The firm also acts for prominent private equity houses across the full spectrum of transactional issues and is able to draw on talent in capital markets, banking, funds and tax departments to provide a comprehensive offering, covering the full private equity life-cycle. It is active across a diverse range of industry sectors, including large-scale infrastructure and telecommunications, and is especially prominent on major takeovers and privatisations. Through its collaboration with its global alliance partner Linklaters, the firm offers fully integrated services across Asia and Australasia to advise on highly sophisticated, multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Allens advised News Corp, as majority shareholder, on the sale of Foxtel to DAZN.

  • Allens advised Pacific Equity Partners on its acquisition of ASX-listed SG Fleet Group by way of a scheme of arrangement.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Guy Alexander
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Band 1

Guy Alexander operates from Allens' Sydney office and frequently assists clients on multi-billion dollar public M&A transactions.

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Tom Story
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Band 1

Tom Story maintains a market-leading profile in both the public M&A and private equity areas, advising some of the largest multinational private equity houses and investors. He is based in Sydney.

I strongly endorse Tom Story. He's absolutely outstanding.

Tom is one of the true leading corporate M&A lawyers in the market. His deep experience and exceptional judgement make him enormously valuable, particularly in difficult, high stress moments.

Tom Story has a cracking practice in both corporate/M&A and private equity.

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Vijay Cugati
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Band 2

Vijay Cugati maintains a versatile and varied corporate practice from the Sydney office, offering over two decades' experience in the management of a comprehensive range of deal types, including public takeovers, carve-out transactions, schemes of arrangement, private acquisitions and disposals.

Vijay Cugati was super knowledgeable about everything.

Vijay is a highly pragmatic legal adviser to our business who is held in very high regard.

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Emin Altiparmak
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Band 3
Emin Altiparmak is a Melbourne-based private equity specialist who frequently supports private equity firms with substantial acquisitions, disposals and takeovers.

Emin has a peerless work ethic and shows real creativity. He cares as much about the problems we are trying to solve as we do.

Emin Eltipamak is a superb operator.

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Noah Obradovic
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Band 3

Noah Obradovic is well-known for advising private equity firms on a wide range of transactions, including takeovers, carve-outs, exits and disposals. He co-heads the firm's private equity practice from Sydney.

Noah is a standout. He's a very nice person and does a nice job.

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Richard Kriedemann
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Band 3

Richard Kriedemann offers an impressive breadth of expertise in the M&A space, including public takeovers, joint ventures, share acquisitions and disposals, and is also notable for his experience assisting on matters relating to Papua New Guinea from his base in Sydney.

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Christopher Blane
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Band 4
Christopher Blane is based in Sydney and is active on some of Allens' most prominent private and public M&A deals and schemes of arrangement.

Chris Blane is excellent in the M&A space.

Chris is remarkably good.

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Kounny Rattley
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Band 4

Kounny Rattley practises principally in the private equity space, offering experience of work for both global and domestic private equity houses. She co-heads the private equity practice from her base in Allens' Sydney office.

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Kylie Brown
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Band 4
Kylie Brown is a well-regarded partner in the M&A space whose Sydney-based practice is oriented towards the media and infrastructure industries, where she regularly acts on substantial transactions.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Australia

Corporate/M&A

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Guy Alexander
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Band 1
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Tom Story
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Band 1
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Vijay Cugati
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Band 2
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Richard Kriedemann
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Band 3
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Christopher Blane
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Band 4
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Kylie Brown
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Band 4
Private Equity

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Tom Story
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Band 1
3
Emin Altiparmak
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Band 3
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Noah Obradovic
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Band 3
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Kounny Rattley
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Band 4