Overview
Freehills was the first major Australian law firm to establish a dedicated private equity practice and has consistently been ranked as a leading private equity firm in Australia by PLC Which Lawyer?.
Freehills’ Private Equity group is unique among Australian law firms in having a leading practice across all areas of the private equity industry including:
- fund formation
- leveraged buy outs
- trade sale and IPO exits
- leveraged acquisition finance
- expansion and venture capital.
Our team brings together the skills of market leading private equity, leveraged debt finance and public market lawyers, and works closely with Freehills’ Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets groups. Our clients, large and small, benefit from our expertise developed through our involvement in many of Australasia’s largest and most complex private equity transactions.
‘Freehills has come out on top after the flurry of private equity activity that characterised 2006’
Australian Financial Review 2007
‘An incredible breadth and depth of talent right down to the associates.'
Chambers 2007
‘Joint “Outstanding Service Award” for advice on legislative reform.'Members of our Private Equity group have extensive US and UK private equity expertise. We continue to keep abreast of US and UK private equity trends and adapt foreign developments where appropriate for the Australian market.
Australian Venture Capital Association Limited
Key contacts
Al Donald – Sydney
Mark Crean – Sydney
Nick Wormald – Melbourne
Kon Mellos – Melbourne
David Gray – Perth
Philip Christensen – Brisbane