Louella has over 20 years' experience advising on complex and large scale M&A.  She is the practice group leader of the Sydney M&A team and sits on the Division Council of the Capital Markets Division of the Property Council of Australia. 

Career highlights

• Advised Stockland on many of its capital partnerships including the partnership with John Boyd Properties to redevelop the Kogarah Golf Club into a logistics precinct.
• Advised Opal HealthCare on the acquisition of five aged care facilities from Cranbrook.
• Advised Daiwa House on the acquisition of a majority interest in a build to rent development at Melbourne Quarter in partnership with Lendlease.
• Advised Logos on its joint venture with Boral to develop 450 hectares in Deer Park in Victoria.
• Advised Growthpoint on the establishment of the Growthpoint Australia Logistics Partnership with TPG Angelo Gordon.
• Advised Asurion on the Australian aspects of its acquisition of Domestic & General.
• Advised the AGP Group on the establishment of Veres – its logistics real estate platform.
• Advised Infratil, New Zealand Superannuation Fund and Morrison Australia on the strategic $845M sale of RetireAustralia to Invesco, a landmark transaction in Australia's retirement living sector.
• Advised a Mirvac unitholder on the acquisition by an investor of a 48.5% interest in Mirvac's $1.7B LIV BTR Fund.
• Advised L'Oreal on the Australian aspects of its acquisition of Aēsop for $3.7B - the largest deal for any luxury brand in Australia, together with Latham and Watkins.
• Advised Challenger on:
  • the sale of its real estate business to Elanor Investors Group; and
  • on the sale of its interest in Whitehelm Capital, a Fidante Partners investment to Patrizia AG.
• Advised AMP/Dexus on:
  • the sale of its Global Equities and Fixed Income Business to Macquarie Asset Management;
  • their infrastructure equity investments including the $2B refinancing of Reliance Rail and their investments into the New Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP; and
  • their structured real estate investments including in relation to Darling Park, Macarthur Square, Quay Quarter and Loftus Lane.
• Advised Aberdeen on the sale of its Australian equities investment business and trustee business transferring ~$1.5B in funds under management.