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One of Australia’s foremost corporate advisers, John Steven heads Minter Ellison's National Corporate Division and is a member of the Minter Ellison Board. He practises in the corporate and securities industry area, particularly mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, capital raisings, joint ventures and corporate governance. He also has an extensive general corporate practice with significant expertise in privatisation of government business enterprises, government infrastructure and tender projects. John’s major clients include public and private companies, stockbrokers, merchant and investment bankers and government entities. They comprise leading organisations such as Consolidated Media Holdings, Consolidated Press Holdings Gloucester Coal, Mirvac, Pacific Brands, Sigma Pharmaceuticals, Toll Holdings, Victorian WorkCover Authority, Village Roadshow and Places Victoria. John’s industry standing and expertise is widely recognised in numerous peer guides. He is consistently recommended as both a leading Australian corporate lawyer and a leading practitioner in mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets.
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John is acknowledged as one of Australia's foremost corporate advisers. He has a strong reputation as a strategic corporate advisor to a number of public company Boards, independent directors and government bodies. He is known for his commercial acumen and his practical approach in complex corporate matters.
John has extensive experience with equity capital market transactions. He has successfully completed more than 250 ASX listings and IPOs plus countless secondary capital raisings. Generally, John acts as issuer's counsel on capital market transactions. He has long-standing relationships with key players in the marketplace including major investment banks.
John combines his leading specialist corporate advisory services with an extensive general corporate practice spanning privatisation of government business enterprises, government infrastructure projects and tender projects. His government work includes advising on acquisitions and disposals of government interest in assets, advising on probity issues, and compliance with government regulations and legislation. John also has significant experience in briefings and representations to Ministers and senior bureaucrats.
John is a leading practitioner in public and private mergers and acquisitions with significant experience in public takeovers and schemes of arrangement, for both the bidders and targets. John frequently acts as a strategic adviser to Boards and independent directors of companies on transactions, as well as acting as defence counsel. He has led transactions across a wide range of sectors including energy and resources, transport, media, health and technology.