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More Recent Work
CIMIC aquisition of UGL
MinterEllison acted for CIMIC Group limited on its A$524m acquisition of UGL Limited, an Australasian provider of engineering, construction and maintenance services. In March 2016, MinterEllison sought and received confirmation through a confidential 'pre-assessment' process that the ACCC did not intend to conduct a public merger clearance review. Confidential pre-assessment provided CIMIC with an extended window in which to launch an unconditional hostile takeover bid. It allowed CIMIC freedom to delay making a takeover offer by several months, in which time UGL's share price fell 36% resulting in more favourable takeover terms for our client.
Steinhoff's acquisition of Fantastic Furniture
MinterEllison advised Steinhoff Asia Pacific on its $361 million take-private proposal of ASX listed budget furniture retailer and manufacturer, Fantastic Holdings Limited. The competition team steered Steinhoff Asia Pacific to successful merger clearance of the transaction on a pre-assessment basis and in a timely fashion which avoided a lengthy public review process and allowed completion to occur in commercially optimal time.
Acquisition of the Mermaid Marine Supply Base from MMA Offshore
Advised Toll in relation to its strategic acquisition from MMA Offshore of the Mermaid Marine supply base and logistics supply base business for approximately $44 million. The acquisition of assets included property leases, inventory, plant and equipment, leased equipment and statutory licences.
A$1.4 billion TPG Telecom takeover of iiNet
Advised TPG Telecom on obtaining merger clearance on its takeover of iiNet by way of contested, recommended scheme of arrangement. The acquisition of iiNet, Australia's second largest DSL Internet Service Provider, has increased TPG’s broadband subscriber base to over 1.7 million customers and made it the third force in Australia's telecommunications landscape.
Competition aspects of Affinity's sale of Primo Smallgoods to JBS S.A
Advising Affinity Equity Partners on competition and regulatory aspects of the sale of Primo Smallgoods Group to JBS S.A, representing Australia's largest private equity transaction in 2014.
Competition aspects of the sale of Lloyds Australian asset finance business to Westpac
Advising on competition law to Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of its Australian asset finance business, Capital Finance Australia Ltd, and its corporate loan portfolio, BOS International Australia Ltd, to Westpac Banking Corporation, representing one of the largest financial services transactions of recent times in the Australian market.
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