About

Provided by MinterEllison

MinterEllison's M&A Team has extensive, market leading experience in all aspects of M&A, corporate and securities law. The team acts for a large and established client base of international and Australian public and private clients.

MinterEllison's clients are assured of a top-tier offering in the Australian market. Their deal highlights demonstrate the breadth of practice which spans Public and Private M&A, Private Equity spin-offs and demergers, bolt-on acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.

MinterEllison has a full service capability, including advising on regulatory issues relating to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). 

With a reputation for providing cutting edge advice, experience on complex and novel transactions, and an outcome-focused approach, MinterEllison's clients are able to achieve their objectives in better, more cost-effective and time-efficient ways. 

Over the last 12 to 18 months, the M&A Team has acted on some of the largest and high-profile M&A transactions in Australia such as CIMIC's A$2.2 billion divestment of Thiess, Village Roadshow and the A$760 million takeover proposal by BGH Capital and Cromwell Property on its response to the A$529 million hostile takeover bid by ARA Asset Management. 

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - Australia

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

MinterEllison offers impressive Australasian coverage, bolstered by offices in China and London, facilitating the support of cross-jurisdictional transactions. It is active on both public takeovers and privatisations and is noted for its adept handling of energy and resources, financial services, and technology and telecommunications mandates. The team advises a significant number of domestic and regional private equity firms on substantial transactions. It is further noted for close attention to client objectives, including assistance in the identification of transactional risk and the development of negotiation strategies.

Work Highlights

  • MinterEllison advised Wee Hur Capital as investment manager for Wee Hur PBSA Master Trust on the sale of its AUD1.6 billion purpose-built student accommodation business to funds managed by Greystar Australia.

  • MinterEllison advised Anglo American on all aspects of the sale of its steelmaking coal business to Peabody Energy for approximately USD3.8 billion.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bart Oude-Vrielink
3
Bart Oude-Vrielink
3
Band 3
Bart Oude-Vrielink is a well-regarded figure in the Melbourne market, noted not only for assisting clients with significant corporate transactions but also for advising on the attendant regulatory issues.

He is very experienced and has a brilliant mind.

Lee Horan
3
Lee Horan
3
Band 3

Lee Horan offers over 20 years of experience in the space, working with leading national and international private equity houses on a wide range of transactions. He leads MinterEllison's private equity practice from Sydney.

Lee Horan is always available. He is willing to cut through to the important issues but is also able to think of more outside the box solutions to niggly problems.

Lee Horan is very astute, commercial and great to deal with. He gets to the heart of things quickly and simply.

Con Boulougouris
4
Con Boulougouris
4
Band 4
Con Boulougouris is based in Sydney and offers an impressively varied body of public and private M&A experience, covering such diverse sectors as those of agribusiness and food, engineering, and gaming and leisure.

Con has provided us with highly tailored, sophisticated advice that is always aligned with our commercial objectives and negotiating style. The level of service from Con has been exceptional.

Con is a great corporate M&A lawyer. He can see the big picture and has commercial acumen. He is very solutions-driven, practical and pragmatic.

Con is extremely client-focused. He always considers matters not only from a legal perspective, but also from a commercial point of view. He's very thorough and considered.

Jeremy Blackshaw
4
Jeremy Blackshaw
4
Band 4
Jeremy Blackshaw acts on public and private M&A transactions in the consumer brand, financial services, healthcare and other sectors, offering particularly noteworthy expertise where the representation of foreign clients is concerned. He is based in Melbourne.

Jeremy is extremely competent, proactive and understanding of the client's needs.

Jeremy Blackshaw is very commercially minded and his client service is impeccable.

Jeremy Blackshaw was very personable, always available and was unbelievably helpful to us.

Joseph Pace
5
Joseph Pace
5
Band 5

Based in Melbourne, Joseph Pace is the co-head of M&A and capital markets at MinterEllison. He is known for advising a broad range of clients on matters pertaining to acquisitions.

Joe Pace demonstrated very good commercial acumen and has been excellent in crafting contracts that really give us a lot of strength in dealing with other parties.

He impressed us with his sharp representation of his clients while navigating deal points fairly and logically, setting up the transaction for success.

A great person to work with. He’s across all aspects of the deal, smart and commercial.

Shaun Clyne
5
Shaun Clyne
5
Band 5
Shaun Clyne is noted for his long experience of acting for domestic and international clients across a comprehensive range of transaction types, as well as his knowledge of the takeover space, enhanced by numerous appearances in Takeovers Panel proceedings.

He has an extremely commercial view of the risk that we’re signing up to. He doesn't get stuck and knows what we're after.

Shaun Clyne is excellent and extremely responsive.

Ranked Lawyers at
MinterEllison

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Australia

Corporate/M&A

Bart Oude-Vrielink
3
Bart Oude-Vrielink
3
Band 3
Con Boulougouris
4
Con Boulougouris
4
Band 4
Jeremy Blackshaw
4
Jeremy Blackshaw
4
Band 4
Joseph Pace
5
Joseph Pace
5
Band 5
Shaun Clyne
5
Shaun Clyne
5
Band 5
Private Equity

Lee Horan
3
Lee Horan
3
Band 3

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