Duncan McGrath
Baker McKenzieBaker McKenzie advises prominent lead managers and underwriters across a wide range of ECM transactions. Recently, the team has capitalised on several high-profile secondary capital raisings. Rick Troiano’s practice is centred on clients involved in takeovers, schemes of arrangement, private share sales, and IPOs. Antony Rumboll left the practice in November 2023 to take up an in-house position. In the DCM space, the firm represents both onshore and offshore financial institutions and corporates. The team is frequently engaged to establish significant debt programmes or to update and amend existing ones. Duncan McGrath leads the DCM practice, regularly advising on the Australian and English law aspects of global debt capital transactions. Richard Lustig is also a key member of the team.
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Testimonials
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‘The commercial approach of the lead partner, Derek Pocock, sets Baker McKenzie Brisbane apart from other law firms I have worked with over the past year.'
‘Strong focus on team cohesiveness and providing safe opportunities for junior lawyers to interact with clients. Good mix of experienced senior lawyers and diligent junior lawyers.'
- 'Excellent network across the Baker McKenzie global network which is extremely helpful for cross border issues.’
‘Duncan McGrath, Partner, Sydney: Inclusive leader. Strong technical skills. Approachable.’
‘The team works very well together. Despite being a very large firm, the team give a very personal experience when you work with them. They are interested in your business and the individuals that are part of the business.’
‘Derek Pocock, Adrienne de Bruyn and Edward Paynter have done an outstanding job for us this year on the largest transaction our company has done to date. They are technically excellent lawyers within the capital markets space, but more importantly, they are good people to work with. In my view that is the critical thing when dealing with a high pressure/high stakes transactions.'
Key clients
- Bell Potter Securities
- Citigroup Global Markets Australia
- CIMB
- Credit Suisse
- DBS
- Ebury Partners
- Frasers Property AHL
- Goldman Sachs
- G.U.D. Holdings
- J.P. Morgan Securities Australia
- Macquarie Bank
- Macquarie Capital
- Merrill Lynch Equities
- Morgan Stanley Australia Securities
- MUFG Securities
- National Australia Bank
- Orora
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
- Elanor Investor Group/ Elanor Commercial Property Fund
- Frasers Property AHL Limited
- Goldman Sachs
Work highlights
- Advised on the successful acquisition by Orora of French headquartered Saverglass SAS.
- Advising Rex Minerals Limited on its $30 million strategic placement and accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer.
- Acting for VALD and DASH on solving problems across the end-to-end adviser experience.
Lawyers
Leading partners: Capital markets: debt
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rick Troiano, Duncan McGrath