Tony provides a wide range of corporate and securities law advice including on equity capital markets; mergers and acquisitions; public and private capital; corporate advisory and governance matters.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
Representative ECM experience:
Orora Limited’s A$1.35 billion entitlement offer and placement to fund the acquisition of French glassmaker Saverglass in 2023, acting for the lead managers.
Orica Limited’s A$650 million placement ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year’ (Australasian Law Awards (ALA) 2023 Excellence Award), acting for the lead managers.
PEXA Group Limited’s A$1.17 billion IPO ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2022 Winner), acting for PEXA.
IOOF Limited’s combined COVID super-sized placement and ANREO ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2021 Winner), acting for IOOF.
Life 360's IPO ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2020 Finalist), acting for the lead managers.
PEXA's dual track IPO/trade sale process ‘M&A Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2019 Finalist), acting for PEXA.
Transurban Limited’s various PAITREOs, including ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2019 Winner), acting for the lead managers.
Lattice Energy’s (dual track IPO/trade sale) ‘Energy & Resources Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2018 Winner), acting for the lead managers.
Moly-Cop’s dual track IPO/trade sale ‘Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year’ (ALA 2017 Finalist), acting for the lead managers.
Representative M&A experience:
Pacific Equity Partners’ A$252 million acquisition of ASX listed Healthia by way of scheme of arrangement.
Simon Bligh & Associates acquisition of unclaimed assets business of Worthington Clark
Property Exchange Australia’s two dual track trade sale processes.
MIRA/PSP consortium on its acquisition of the South Australian Government's Land Services Group (and earlier bid for NSW Land and Property Information)
Aura Funds acquisition of Telstra Phonewords.
The bidder for Tricor Holding’s Asian corporate services business.
HKEx listed Lei Shing Hong's acquisitions of various Mercedes-Benz car dealerships in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
Published Work
- Co-author, Due Diligence Planning Memorandum for IPOs, Australian Financial Markets Association
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Awards
- ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year - Excellence Award’, Australasian Law Awards 2023 (Orica Limited’s A$650 million placement)
- ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year – Winner’, Australasian Law Awards 2022 (PEXA Group Limited dual track IPO/trade sale process)
- ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year – Winner’, Australasian Law Awards 2021 (IOOF Limited Combined COVID super-sized placement and ANREO)
- ‘M&A Deal of the Year – Finalist’ and ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year – Finalist’, Australasian Law Awards 2020 (PEXA’s dual track trade sale and Life 360's IPO)
- ‘Equity Market Deal of the Year – Winner’, Australasian Law Awards 2019 (Transurban Limited’s PAITREO)
- ‘Energy & Resources Deal of the Year - Winner’, Australasian Law Awards 2018 (Lattice Energy’s dual track IPO/trade sale)
Qualifications
Admissions
New South Wales, Australia, 2000
England and Wales, 1996
Academic
LLB Law, Exeter University, 1990
LPAB Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Sydney, 1999
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, Financial Services Institute of Australasia, 2005