Passionate about tangible commercial outcomes

Ranked among Australia’s top transaction firms, we bring deep experience across a broad range of complex mid-market transactions.

We form bespoke, director-led teams on every engagement, fostering genuine, long-term relationships with clients, who consistently engage our expertise as specialists on their most critical, commercially sensitive and transformational transactions.

We also maintain enduring partnerships with co-advisers (including corporate finance and investment banking professionals) who trust us as their go-to advisors because of our execution excellence and clear, pragmatic and actionable advice.

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Mergers and Acquisitions

With extensive experience in public and private M&A transactions, we set a constructive tone of engagement in negotiations to ensure clients benefit from efficient, commercially successful outcomes.

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Capital Markets

With deep market knowledge and experience, working in growth capital across public and private markets, we advise investors, sponsors, issuers and underwriters on advancing their commercial objectives in all types of capital raising transactions.

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Finance

Our Finance team works closely with lenders and borrowers, drawing on broad cross‑jurisdictional and industry experience to deliver commercially-relevant, pragmatic and technically strong advice that achieves the best outcomes for clients.

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Investment Funds

Acting for leading asset managers, sponsors and professional trustees, our combined expertise in fund origination and investments enables practical advice across the complete investment fund lifecycle.

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Property, Projects and Infrastructure

From major developments and acquisitions to leasing, investment structuring and asset management, we help clients navigate every stage of the property lifecycle.

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Dispute Resolution

We understand the real-world impact disputes can have on business. Our team brings a time-sensitive, practical and commercially-focused approach to managing risk and protecting value throughout a dispute.

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Agribusiness

We advise clients and investors on strategic growth and transformation, including M&A and investment, capital raising, regulatory and foreign investment matters and disputes, underpinned by deep sector experience and asset class knowledge.

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Competition and Regulatory

We advise on all aspects of Australian competition law, including on Australian and cross-border mergers and acquisitions notifications, ACCC investigations and regulatory compliance, helping clients navigate risk secure timely deal approvals.

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Energy

We advise across the full project lifecycle on energy transition transactions, including assets and projects involving generation and storage, clean fuels, carbon and biodiversity.

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Family Office

We advise on the structuring of family offices and investment vehicles, the allocation of control between family members and advisers and the frameworks that keep capital aligned with long‑term objectives.

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Financial Services

Our team advises on licensing, compliance and complex regulatory matters, combining deep technical expertise with a commercial, solutions‑focused approach to navigate evolving legal and market frameworks.

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Foreign Investment

We advise offshore corporates and financial sponsors on Australian foreign investment approvals and their majority and minority investments, acquisitions and divestments as well as upstream buy-side and sell-side transactions.

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Private Equity

We advise investors, sponsors and issuers on all aspects of private capital transactions (including M&A, fund instigation, deal structuring, early‑stage and growth capital investments and exits by trade sale or IPO).

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Access and focus define our work

We bring a nuanced approach to every matter, assembling bespoke director-led teams for each transaction, actively drawing on the depth of experience and expertise within our team.

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