Profession
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia
Experience
Wide range of public and private M&A including cross-border work, initial public offerings and other equity capital markets/listing-related work, general corporate and commercial advice and private equity transactions. Clients include a range of investment banks and corporates.
Recent transactions include:
- Rio Tinto on its defence of the hostile pre-conditional takeover offers made by BHP Billiton
- Macquarie, IFM, CPP and AMP on the disposal of Wales & West Gas Networks to Cheung Kong Infrastructure
- J Sainsbury plc on the unsuccessful takeover proposals by, respectively, a consortium led by CVC and the Quatar Investment Authority
- Rio Tinto on the carve out disposal of a majority stake in its Engineered Products business to private equity funds managed by Apollo and subsequent JV arrangements
- Marubeni Corporation on its acquisition of a stake in DONG Energy’s UK windfarm portfolio and subsequent JV arrangements
Professional experience
2008 - to date Partner Linklaters, London
2002 - 2008 Managing Associate, Corporate Finance Department, Linklaters London (including secondment to the Corporate Finance/Equities legal team at UBS Investment Bank for eight months in 2005)
2001 - 2002 Associate, Corporate Finance Department, Linklaters London
1999 - 2000 Associate, Freehills, Sydney
1997 - 1999 Associate, Minter Ellison, Sydney
Education
1995 - 1996 University of Sydney, Bachelor of Law (Honours Class I)
1991 - 1994 University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (Honours Class I, University Medal)
