Jonathan is a corporate lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience specialising in unregulated mergers and acquisitions, private capital and board and governance advisory.

Jonathan principally acts for multinational and domestic corporations and financial sponsors and their investee companies.  

The focus of Jonathan’s transactional practice is advising on unregulated acquisitions and divestments and private capital transactions (growth & expansion capital), with a particular emphasis advising on cross border transactions involving US clients or counterparties. 

Jonathan also advises and writes on company and securities law issues and corporate governance matters and has been a driving force in the establishment of JWS’ Board and Governance Group.  Jonathan’s advisory clients include regulators, multinational corporations, large listed and private companies and a range of pro-bono clients including charities and indigenous corporations. 

Jonathan’s experience spans a range of industry sectors including engineering, fin-tech, construction and infrastructure, manufacturing, agribusiness and professional services. His professional background includes roles as an equity analyst and as a lawyer with Australia’s corporate regulator, ASIC.