Mergers & acquisitions experience
Michael has advised key clients such as ANZ, Becton, Centro, Coles, Deloitte, Growthpoint, Hastings, Macquarie, MyState, Nortel, PCCW, San Miguel, Toll and Vision Australia on takeovers, schemes of arrangement, negotiated acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures and corporate restructures. His deep experience enables him to anticipate and deal with issues and reduce transaction risk for his clients.
IPO and capital raising experience
Michael has exceptional experience in equity capital markets transactions. He is co-head of the Freehills ECM team, which has been repeatedly ranked as the number one team in Australia.
Michael has advised in relation to IPOs and/or secondary capital raisings for clients including Austock, Funtastic, Hastings, Indophil Resources, MCM, Myer, Orchard, Pacific Brands, Promina, the Commonwealth (on the Telstra 1, 2 and 3 sell-downs) and Transurban. These transactions have introduced many innovative capital raising structures which have since become standard capital raising practice.
Funds management experience
Michael has advised various participants in the funds management industry, including Austock, AXA, Becton, Growthpoint, Hastings and Orchard, on general managed investment schemes law, establishment of funds, reconstruction of funds, IPOs, secondary capital raisings, staplings, wholesale offerings, trust schemes, trust mergers and licensing issues.
