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Advised Alium’s Alpha fund on various pre-IPO investments by convertible notes, preferred equity and ordinary equity. The Alium Alpha Fund is a cross-over investment fund with public and private equity investments - modelled on the traditional family office structure.

Advised our client on the successful removal of a disruptive and disgruntled shareholder thereby reducing the potential liability for the conduct of that shareholder. By securing the support of the shareholders we minimised the risk of further oppression allegations. ​

Advised ResourceCo Pty Ltd on its majority business sale to Sydney based private equity firm Mercury Capital Investments ($1bn FUM). Deal Value $300m.

Advised Resourceco group on its capital re-organisation. In preparation for a capital injection from private equity firm Mercury Capital, Resourceco had outgrown its original capital structure.

Dispute Type: Investment Dispute. A competitor commenced three sets of legal proceedings against our client company to attempt to frustrate our client’s expansion of its telecommunications network. Our strategy focussed on defending the litigation on the basis that it was commenced for the improper purpose of frustrating our client’s network expansion. This strategy led to a negotiated resolution with the competitor, which included the competitor abandoning the legal proceedings and paying a large portion of our client’s legal costs of defending the proceedings.

Advised one of Australia's largest sheep and cattle producers, Jumbuck Pastoral, on the land and business acquisition of the iconic 3million acre Wave Hill Station. Deal value $100m.

Advised global leader in recovery and re-manufacturing of primary resources, ResourceCo on the 50% sale of its Wetherill Park (NSW) operations to ASX listed Cleanaway (ASX: CWY). Deal value $25m.

Advised vitamin and nutritional supplement manufacturer, Brauer Natural Medicines on its working capital and capex bilateral facility. Value $15m.

Advised Stilmark Group on infrastructure debt finance facilities with AMP Capital. Value $130m.

Advised YES Group on its arrangement with Sustainable Energy Infrastructure. The long-term agreement to develop, own, operate, maintain and manage seven mid-large scale solar farm projects in regional South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales intends to develop approximately 27MW of new solar farms within the next 18 months across Australia. Deal Value: Undisclosed.

Advised ROC Partners on its acquisition of Emerald Grain. Emerald Grain was 100% owned by Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation. Deal Value: Undisclosed.

Advised Zen Energy on the investment into Zen by GFG Alliance and subsequent de-merger (chaired by British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta)