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Private Equity - Australia

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Corrs Chambers Westgarth offers an independent practice with a high cross-border capability, frequently selected to represent multinational clients in significant transactions, especially inbound foreign investments, and particularly well-equipped to tackle China-related mandates. The team acts for domestic and international private equity firms and investee companies on complex transactions and exits. It is noted for its familiarity with such heavily regulated sectors as mining, life sciences and TMT and is prominently active in the hostile takeover sphere and in the representation of alternative capital providers.

Work Highlights

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth advised DAZN on its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of NXE Australia.

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth advised Whiteoak on the acquisition of two defence businesses, Electrotech and Insitec, to create the merged Sovereign Capability Group.

Strengths

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth demonstrated thoroughness and comprehensive coverage of the issues and risks, including commercial solutions.

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Asia-Pacific

The team was highly commercial and able to distil a highly complex regulatory environment into key deal inputs. We were impressed by how quickly they got to the heart of key commercial issues.

Private Equity respondent
Asia-Pacific

They did a great job in escalating key issues and dealing with them quickly, enabling us to get where we needed to go. They were very aware of the practical issues that would affect us.

Private Equity respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Sandy Mak
2
Band 2
Sandy Mak combines high-level M&A and corporate expertise with an active, Sydney-based practice advising major private equity firms and portfolio companies.

Sandy is a superstar and very user-friendly. She brings to bear a significant amount of experience and commercial judgement. She is also very accessible, which is much appreciated.

Her commercial vision is very strong. She’s responsive, knowledgeable and shows good judgement.

Sandy Mak is a very strong communicator who easily wins clients' trust and has the capacity and energy to drive results. She focuses on the key commercial issues and legal risks.

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Glen Sauer
3
Band 3
Glen Sauer acts from the Sydney office on behalf of a variety of domestic and international private equity, venture capital and other investors on transactions across an equally diverse range of business and industry sectors.

Glen Sauer is the M&A adviser of choice for me. He is a real partner on our deals.

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Ricky Casali
3
Band 3

Ricky Casali advises major private equity firms and their portfolio companies on significant transactions and is well-regarded by market sources as a notable figure in this area. He is based in Sydney.

Ricky Casali is a pleasure to work with. His advice is commercial, timely and delivered appropriately to various stakeholders. He knows what matters to us.

I have a huge amount of trust in Ricky. He is extremely commercial and can break down risk very well.

Ricky is very experienced, calm under pressure and super responsive. He is always there to speak with if you need to bounce something off him. He is a safe pair of hands.

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Andrew Lumsden
4
Band 4
Andrew Lumsden acts from the Sydney office on significant corporate transactions for a varied domestic and international clientele, offering notable experience of cross-border transactions and of those involving energy and resources, infrastructure and media.

Andrew Lumsden is knowledgeable and commercial.

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Tim Gordon
5
Band 5

Tim Gordon's clients include ASX-listed companies and offshore private equity fund managers. He is noted for handling transactions with an ESG element.

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Adam Foreman
6
Band 6

Adam Foreman is based in Sydney and offers expertise in M&A transactions for companies across the energy, resources and TMT sectors, as well as for domestic and international private equity funds.

Adam has been incredible to work with, both for his expertise and his calm support. He has a genuine passion for the industry and is level-headed. We are very grateful to work with him.

Adam Foreman is very knowledgeable, very efficient and quick to respond. He's also approachable and easy for clients to work with.

Adam Foreman was brilliant. He worked tirelessly and was consistently able to keep his eye on the ball under immense pressure.

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Shabarika Ajitkumar
6
Band 6

Shabarika Ajitkumar's Sydney-based practice involves advising clients on the full range of corporate transactions. She represents investors and public companies across various sectors, including real estate, agriculture and pharmaceuticals.

Shabarika is a rising talent at Corrs and I have been thoroughly impressed by her client service, manifested through excellent legal skills, commercial judgement and calm-under-pressure demeanour.

Shabarika is responsive, professional and knowledgeable. She shows good judgment.

Shabarika Ajitkumar consistently delivers high quality advice and products.

Her counsel is always considered, timely and well communicated.

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Corporate/M&A
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Sandy Mak
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Band 2
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Andrew Lumsden
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Band 4
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Tim Gordon
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Band 5
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Adam Foreman
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Shabarika Ajitkumar
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Glen Sauer
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Ricky Casali
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Sandy Mak
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