With offices in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, the corporate and M&A practice at Piper Alderman attracts clients from across key sectors in the Australian market, including private equity, health and life sciences, and energy and natural recourses. James Dickson has significant experience in corporate structuring as well as mergers, acquisitions and takeovers; he co-leads the group with James Macdonald, who specialises in disposals, venture capital and corporate governance.
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Testimonials
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- 'I found the Piper Alderman team extremely professional, knowledgeable and collaborative. The team was approachable and available at all times, and they were very solution focused, which was extremely valuable in a very stressful business divestment. I had 100% trust in their advice and recommendations, and I really enjoyed working with them.'
- 'PA provides services with professionalism at a reduced cost to the bigger legal firms. They are focused and diligent, and can think outside the box when needed. They also operate with great efficiency.'
- 'James Dickson is our go-to partner for any corporate or M&A work. He is responsive and pragmatic. He provides excellent advice, always through a commercial rather than legalistic lens.'
- 'The practice is solutions focussed, practical and commercially minded.'
- 'Pragmatic, commercial, capable, cost-effective.'
- 'Consistently displayed exemplary skills, expertise, and dedication for our matter.'
- 'With excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Their ability to explain complex legal concepts in a clear and concise manner, ensured we fully understood our rights, options, and the potential outcomes. '
- 'Always had our best interests in mind. We felt the communication for their quoting and billing aligned and there were no unknown costs or concerns during the period we dealt with the team.'
Key clients
- Australian Central Credit Union Limited (trading as People’s Choice Credit Union)
- Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited
- BSA Limited
- Carlisle Health Pty Ltd
- Corporate Carbon Group Pty Ltd
- Cowes Bay Group Pty Ltd
- Duxton Pubs Pty Ltd
- Epiroc South Pacific Holdings Pty Ltd
- Kingspan Holdings Australia
- Kingspan Water & Energy Pty Ltd
- Log Creek Pty Ltd
- Normet Group Oy
- O’Driscoll Coaches
- Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd
- PharmaLex Pty Ltd
- PSM Group Holdings Pty Ltd
- Red River Resources Limited
- Rocky Point Garden
- Rover Coaches
- Symal Infrastructure Pty Ltd
- The Global Training and Development Group
Work highlights
- Acted for People’s Choice in its merger with Heritage Bank, one of Australia’s largest and most successful customer-owned banks.
- Advised Bendigo and Adelaide Bank on its entering into a sale and purchase agreement with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, pursuant to which BEN acquired ANZ’s margin lending portfolio.
- Advised Log Creek, the majority shareholder of Infrastructure Capital Holdings (ICH), on the sale of 100% of the shares in ICH to a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresight Group.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James Dickson, James Macdonald