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.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

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.'

  • ‘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 individuals: Capital markets: debt
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading individuals: Capital markets: equity
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Antony Rumboll, Duncan McGrath

Other key lawyers

Cécile Baume, Eric Li