Andrew is a corporate lawyer with extensive experience across a range of domestic and cross-border matters, in particular private equity and venture capital transactions, foreign investment and private treaty M&A.
He advises private equity funds and major corporates on domestic and cross-border M&A, as well as advising on management incentive plans and general corporate matters for private equity portfolio companies.
He has a particular focus on technology and software transactions, and regularly advises US- and UK-based clients on acquisitions and investments in Australian businesses in the tech space, helping them navigate the differences in market practice between jurisdictions and advising on Australia’s foreign investment laws.
Andrew brings significant international expertise, having practiced at a leading firm in London and spent time on secondment at a London-based PE fund, where he advised on the divestment of businesses based in the United States, Brazil and Italy, as well as general corporate and funds management matters.
Work highlights
AES Corporation (NYSE: AES)
Series A and Series B investments in solar tech business, 5B.
AirTree Ventures and Decade Partners
Series A investment in Zepto, a real-time account-to-account merchant payments platform.
Alpine Investors and Alpine Software Group
Acquisition by portfolio company, Aplos, of non-profit fundraising platform, Raisely.
Archer Capital
Divestment of V8 Supercars to RACE, its partial divestment of illion (formerly Dunn & Bradstreet) to Macquarie and its divestment of LCR Group to Qube Holdings.
Diploma plc (LON: DPLM)
Acquisitions of Sphere Surgical, PumpnSeal, FITT Resources and Anti Corrosion Technology.
Exclusive Networks SA (EPA:EXN)
Acquisition of NextGen Group.