Expansion and venture capital
We have advised on a broad range of expansion capital transactions in the technology-backed, service industry, retail and manufacturing sectors. These have included industry consolidation strategies and in many cases have culminated in a trade sale or IPO.
We also have long-standing and wide ranging expertise acting for venture capital investors and investees from the seed stage, through to later stage investing and pre-IPO funding. We have worked with many venture capital backed businesses from their initial capital raising through to an exit by trade sale or IPO.
Nick Wormald is one of only two lawyers in Australia named in the International Financial Law Review’s 2006 global listing of 25 leading private equity lawyers.
Practical Law Company’s 2007 Which Lawyer Yearbook ranked Al Donald as one of the two leading private equity lawyers in Australia.
Experience – expansion capital and investments
- advised ABN AMRO Capital on its investment in Beston and its buy and build strategy for caravan parks (Nick Wormald, Partner)
- advised Wolseley Private Equity on its investment in Pacific Services Group and its buy and build strategy for electrical contracting businesses (Nick Wormald, Partner)
- advised Catalyst on its investment in Taverner and its buy and build strategy for major hotel venues (Nick Wormald, Partner and Peter Dunne, Partner)
- advised DB Capital Partners, GE Equity, Ericsson Deutsche Technology Fund, Citicorp Equity Capital and Temasek Capital on their $63 million expansion capital investment in Redfern Photonics (Kon Mellos, Partner)
- advised DB Capital Partners on their expansion capital investment in Wizard Mortgages (Kon Mellos, Partner).
Key contacts
Peter Dunne – Sydney
Nick Wormald – Melbourne
Kon Mellos – Melbourne
Ben Davey – Melbourne