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Maddocks

Maddocks

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Australia

5

Corporate and M&A

Maddocks advises on acquisitions, schemes of arrangement, and joint ventures for clients that are active in the healthcare, financial services, and food and beverage sectors. Clients highlight the team’s ‘strong commercial understanding, responsiveness, and pragmatic problem-solving’. Ron Smooker leads on schemes, including diagnostics mergers, while Andrew McNee routinely handles private equity deals for funds. Julian Law is another notable name and advises on cross-border M&A transactions. Alex Worner joined from EY Law in July 2025. Rosamond Sayer departed in March.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Strong commercial understanding, responsiveness and reliability, good depth of expertise and were pragmatic in problem-solving.’

  • 'What differentiates Maddocks from competitors is not just their deep legal knowledge, but their ability to communicate clearly, work collaboratively, and understand the nuances of our business context.’

  • ‘Cohesive team, strong approach to commerciality and pragmatic resolution.’

  • ‘They listen, they patiently explain the logic to us lay people.’

  • ‘Lovely people.'

  • ‘Capable and experienced team. Good listening and communicating. Timely responses, meet deadlines.’

  • ‘The team impress with their expertise and practical assessments and advice. They work cohesively as a team and provide seamless support.’

  • ‘Ron Smooker was excellent.'

Key clients

  • Quadrant Private Equity
  • Archer Capital
  • Navis Capital Partners
  • Five V Capital
  • Adamantem Capital
  • PAG
  • Crescent Capital
  • NorthEdge Capital
  • Yorkway Private Capital
  • Quintet Partners Group
  • Crescent Capital
  • Direct Capital
  • Silvertree Private Equity
  • Greencross and PetBarn
  • Australian Retirement Trust
  • EnergyAustralia
  • Airtasker
  • Suntory Food & Beverage
  • Generic Health
  • Opal Health

Work highlights

Advised ASX-listed PSC Insurance Group Limited on its sale to The Ardonagh Group via a court approved Scheme of Arrangement, worth AUD2.3bn.
Advised Australian leading diagnostics provider Capitol Health Limited on its merger with Integral Diagnostics Limited, by way of a Scheme of Arrangement, to create a $1bn medical diagnostic imaging company.
Advised Fortitude Investment Partners and the key stakeholders of Birch & Waite on the $300m+ sale to Quadrant Private Equity.
Practice head

Damien Wurzel; Julian Law

Other key lawyers

Ron Smooker; Andrew McNee; Alex Worner

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