Private Equity

Garry Besson is a hugely respected, Sydney-based senior adviser who continues to provide insights drawn from his years of experience in the corporate space to clients engaged in high-profile transactions and reorganisations.

Neil Pathak heads Ashurst's Australian corporate and M&A offering from the firm's Melbourne office and is an experienced handler of multi-billion dollar takeovers and other acquisitions.

Neil Pathak is an excellent senior advisor and counsellor who is much more than a lawyer.  

In Australia, he is a really strong technical and commercial M&A lawyer.

He is a top-shelf lawyer with excellent commercial and legal judgement. He's very personable, pragmatic, user-friendly with very strong commercial judgement that is well-liked by his clients.

Philip Breden regularly advises on multibillion-dollar transactions for major ASX-listed and international clients across a variety of industries, including the construction, energy and manufacturing spheres. He is based in Ashurst's Sydney office.

Phil is very responsive, very commercial and very measured in his advice. There are times when it is easy to get caught up in emotion, but he does not fall into that trap.

He is thoughtful, commercial and practical while working his way through many difficult challenges.

Greg Golding, based in Sydney, offers long experience of involvement in some of Australia's most noteworthy transactions, maintaining a specialisation in the oversight of listed company takeovers.

Mark Stanbridge is based in Sydney and operates across the corporate and M&A spectrum, devoting a significant part of his practice to private equity work, acting frequently both for leading players in this sector and for household-name companies and financial services providers.

Anton Harris maintains a busy M&A practice across an impressive range of business sectors, acting for players from sectors as diverse as those of finance, healthcare, integrated services and retail. He is co-head of the Ashurst corporate/M&A group in Australia.

He is always up-to-date with key commercial issues and can apply legal advice to solve our most complex issues. He is extremely responsive and always makes us feel we are getting his full attention.

Anton Harris is an absolute gun. He delivers everything we ask for. He's fantastic.

John Brewster is co-head of Ashurst's Australian corporate/M&A team and is well-versed in advising on major public M&A matters and private equity transactions, as well as corporate reorganisations.

He is professional, proactive and provides end-to-end service. He provides good advice and detailed, technical work. A complete and excellent package.

I find him very easy to talk to. He's very commercial, thinks outside the box, has exceptional capabilities and is tenacious.

Stuart Dullard demonstrates a strong track record of advising private equity clients on venture capital investments, evidenced by his role as head of the Ashurst venture capital practice from his base in Sydney.