Career
Partner and Head of the Firm’s Australia practice. Advises numerous non-U.S. and U.S. corporations and broker-dealers and non-U.S. governments on a wide range of securities, M&A, project finance, bank finance, privatization, liability management, restructuring, venture capital and joint venture transactions. Securities offerings include a variety of SEC-registered and private offerings of equity, debt, hybrid securities, convertible securities, medium-term notes, extendible notes, high-yield bonds and commercial paper of various governmental and corporate issuers in a wide range of industries. Advises extensively on M&A and on corporate governance, U.S. securities law compliance, particularly matters arising under SEC’s cross-border tender offer rules, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related SEC and U.S. stock exchange rules.
Personal
University of Pittsburgh Law School (J.D., 1990), Rutgers University (B.A., 1985).