I am a director of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and the Chair of Linden New Art, Inc. I have lectured in takeover law and regularly present on legal issues.

Career highlights

• Goldman Sachs JBWere – advised on the sale of its margin lending business to Adelaide Bank Limited, valued at over A$900million
• Goldman Sachs - advised on the sale of its iconic JBWere stockbroking and private wealth management business to National Australia Bank
• Svenska Cellulosa AB - advised on its cross-border acquisition of Carter Holt Harvey's Tissue division, Australia and New Zealand's leading consumer and industrial tissue and feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products manufacturer and supplier (transaction value A$890 million)
• Asaleo Care Limited, Svenska Cellulosa AB and Pacific Equity Partners – advised on Asaleo Care's $1.06 billion initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange
• CGU Insurance Limited – advised on the creation of Australia’s leading marine insurance specialist – Marine Protect: Powered by NTI. NTI is a joint venture owned and underwritten 50/50 by CGU and AAI
• CGU Insurance Limited and Swann Insurance (Aust) Pty Ltd – advised on the sale of several intermediated insurance distribution business channels to Eric Insurance Limited
• Jemena (a joint venture between State Grid of China and Singapore Power) – advised on its $1 billion+ bid for the Iona gas storage facility. Our work included co-ordinating a multi-jurisdictional team on the legal due diligence and negotiating the transaction documents with the seller and its advisers
• Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc – in its cross-border acquisition of Ascender's Asian payroll and human capital management business

• Recommended by Best Lawyers from 2013 to 2020 for Corporate, M&A and Private Equity, and by IFLR1000
• Rated as one of 8 Leading Individuals in M&A in Australia and praised as having “a brilliant understanding of the market and regulators”
  – The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
• Chambers ranked in M&A