Minter Ellison is equipped to handle domestic deals and also has notable cross-border capabilities, offering an end-to-end service on a full range of M&A, joint ventures, spin-offs and demergers, private equity, joint ventures and strategic alliances. The team is co-headed by Constantine Boulougouris and Joseph Pace, and the private equity team is led by Kimberley Low, a new addition from Linklaters LLP, London. Other key individuals include Bart Oude-Vrielink, who is sought out by clients for assistance on schemes of arrangement, governance and regulation, and foreign investment, and Jeremy Blackshaw, who has over 30 years’ experience advising on public and private M&A deals.

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Key clients

AMP
Macquarie Asset Management
Challenger Financial Services
Magellan
HUB24
Helloworld Travel
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company
Qantas
Slater & Gordon
Dexus
Dai-ichi Life
WPP
CIMIC Group
Greenlit Brands Household Goods Pty Limited
JBS S.A.
Essity Aktiebolag
Salter Brothers
Quadrant
Liberty Hall Capital Partners
Centerbridge Partners

Work highlights

Advised L'Oréal Groupe on its A$3.7bn acquisition of Melbourne-based skincare group Aesop from Natura & Co Holding.
Advising ASX-listed client Slater & Gordon in relation to the proposed A$192m acquisition of Slater & Gordon by PE fund Allegro Funds.
Advising Dai-ichi Life Holdings, the third largest life insurer in Japan, on its acquisition of Partners Group, a New Zealand life insurer, for consideration of A$888m.

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