Duncan McGrath
Baker McKenzieThe capital markets team at Baker McKenzie stretches across the country, with team members in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, and boasts a number of practitioners with previous in-house expertise. Particular emphasis is put on work for underwriter clients, in particularly for equity transactions. Antony Rumboll leads the equity capital markets team, working in Sydney alongside Cécile Baume; the debt capital markets team is led by Duncan McGrath, also in Sydney. A particular strength of the debt team is its experience of acting on both Australian and English law transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘Practice has diverse skill sets over various commercial areas.'
‘Antony Rumboll is diligent, pragmatic, commercial, accessible, responsive.'
‘Antony Rumboll provides pragmatic, commercial legal advice. His expertise is not just technical but also practical, given his years working in-house.’
‘Duncan McGrath is a fantastic lawyer. He takes a commercial approach whilst ensuring our unique legal sensitivities are addressed. He has been advising us for many years and we will continue to work closely with him in the future.’
'Work effectively and collaboratively. You know you will have support from partners versus being offloaded to associates to manage. We also like that there is high-quality Australian and US capital markets expertise available and based locally.'
Key clients
- Bell Potter Securities Limited
- Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited
- CIMB
- Credit Suisse
- DBS
- Elanor Investor Group/Elanor Commercial Property Fund
- Frasers Property AHL Limited
- Goldman Sachs
- G.U.D. Holdings Limited
- HCW Funds Management Limited as responsible entity of HealthCo Healthcare and Wellness REIT
- HomeCo Daily Needs REIT
- J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited
- Jarden Australia Pty Limited
- Jefferies (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Malayan Banking Berhad
- Macquarie Bank Limited
- Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited
- Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited
- Morgan Stanley Australia Securities Limited
- MUFG Securities EMEA plc
- National Australia Bank Limited
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
- PointsBet Holdings Limited
- Real Asset Management Pty Limited
- Rex Minerals Limited
- Ricca Resources Limited
- Superloop Limited
- Standard Chartered Bank
- UBS AG, Australia Branch
- White Rock Minerals Ltd
Work highlights
- Acted as combined US and Australian counsel to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. as dealers on the update and re-establishment of Telstra's USD 4 billion US commercial paper programme.
- Advised PointsBet Holdings Limited in relation to its subscription agreement with SIG Sports Investment Corp., wherein PointsBet issued 38.75 million shares to SIG Sports at AUD 2.43 per share, and a pro-rata deferred bonus equity option issuance to eligible shareholders.
- Assisted American Pacific Borates Limited on its successful redomicile from Australia to the United States and the reorganisation of its corporate structure into 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.
Lawyers
Leading partners: Capital markets: debt
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Leading partners: Capital markets: equity
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Antony Rumboll
Baker McKenziePractice head
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Antony Rumboll, Duncan McGrath