Mergers & Acquisitions - Commercial Experience

Our notable transactions include:

• Numerous M&A deals involving mining and exploration companies. Click here for further information
• Advised the sellers on the sale of the Harvey Fresh businesses to Parmalat
• Acting for Fogarty Wine Group, WA’s largest wine producer, on numerous acquisitions, including Evans & Tate brand purchase and transactions with McWilliams
• Acted for the sellers of Perth’s largest independent pathology business (Perth Medical Laboratories) to Australian Clinical Laboratories (private equity owned)
• Acting for buyer of Titan Digital and Titan Brand businesses (120 staff across Australia and South Africa), including all sale and related transaction documents
• Advised sellers of Tier 1 mining and energy software company, including negotiating settlement of pre-existing IP claims against business, advising on IP and IT warranties and indemnities
• Acted for sellers of Conducive, a leading Western Australian systems integrator, selling to ASX listed Empired
• Advised founders of Plexal Group (oil and gas services) on sale to SPIE Oil and Gas Services SAS (France)
• Acted on the sale of the St Ives Group to the Royal Automobile Club
• Acted on the sale of a South Australian medical technology company to an ASX listed Alcidion
• Acting for Craig Mostyn Group in numerous acquisitions and divestments including:
  • assisting with aspects of the acquisition of a large interest in V&V Walsh
  • acquisition of Jade Tiger, Australia’s largest abalone farm
  • acquisition of Australian Seafoods (abalone and rock lobster) in Dover, Tasmania
  • acquisition of Fertal rendering business
  • divestment of Fataway business
• Acted for Coogee Chemicals on the acquisition of the Townsville Acid Terminal
• Advised Aspermont Limited in relation to a large M&A transaction
• Assisting the purchaser in a $7 million acquisition of a vineyard property and and business located in Margaret River 
• Advised sellers of Diab Engineering to BGC Contracting
• Acted for Coogee Chemicals on the acquisition of chlor alkali business of Elite Chemicals
• Acted for the seller of HPC Data Centre to ASX listed Amcom
• Advised Northern Rivers Teatree in relation to Maincamp transaction
• Advised sellers of Stantons International accounting practice
• Advising Perth based software company on acquisition of software product/platform from international oil and gas company
• Advised buyer of Fastvue, a Silicon valley based software business, including reviewing IP ownership arrangements
• Advised sellers of Orelogy, a leading Western Australian mining software company, including tidying up pre-sale IP ownership
• Advised sellers or buyers of numerous software and IT businesses not mentioned above, including Fastart Sdn. Bhd, Maptek and others
• Acted for sellers of Wild Geese International (oil and gas safety and induction training) to ASX Listed Site Group International
• Acted for sellers of Ecologia to ASX-listed RDG
• Acted for buyer of minority shareholders in Bang Online! business
• Conducting audits for various clients as part of due diligence investigations for M&A transactions, including reviewing processes in relation to the creation, exploitation and protection of IP rights