The 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.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Practice has diverse skill sets over various commercial areas.'
‘Antony Rumboll is diligent, pragmatic, commercial, accessible, responsive.'
Key clients
- Bell Potter Securities Limited
- Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited
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.