M&A
Sample deals
AUSBIZ TV
Online financial media start-up in their seed raising and Series A capital raising round.
HALGAN
Acting for founder in the sale of a 50% stake in a waste management and recycling business to a private equity group.
NEOS LIFE
Advising management on establishment, structuring and capital management in a diverse life insurance provider.
BGIS
Acting for BGIS on various acquisitions in Australia and New Zealand.
LISTED COMPANIES
Advising listed companies on capital raisings, including rights issues, SPPs, private placements and debt funding.
TROJAN GROUP
Acting for a logistics business on the purchase of a warehousing and freight division of a competing business.
KEECH CASTINGS
Sale of assets by a mining equipment developer and supplier to U.S. private equity group.
HEAVENADDRESS HOLDINGS
Acting for founders in the sale of online memorials platform.
CONNECTED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS
Advising telehealth services provider on internal shareholder arrangements in preparation for capital raising round.
VENTRA CAPITAL
Private equity group on various investments and loan facilities.
NGAI TAHU
Acting for overseas investor acquiring minority stake in tax advisory business, including advice on regulatory issues.
INVESTORS MUTUAL
Assisting IML and founder Anton Tagliaferro on arrangements for a sale of a majority stake in IML to Natixis Global Asset Management.
MEDIA TECH
PE funding for Shopper Media Group following MBO .
KAPSTREAM
NYSE and ASX announced sale of 51% of Kapstream to Janus Capital Group and merger to form Janus Henderson.
MARSHALL INVESTMENTS
M&A transactions in the property sector.
NETO
Sale of 51% of ecommerce group Neto to Telstra, acting for founders.
EVERLIGHT
Public company sale of non-core assets, EGM and share buybacks.
RETAIL FASHION GROUP
Assisting a national fashion group restructure its shareholding arrangements and raising new capital.
SHIPPING LOGISTICS GROUP SALE
Assisting the founder of the Seaway Logistics Group to dispose of his stake.
NEWS CORP
Acting for founder of OneBigSwitch - News Corp investment & founder exit.
DAINTY / BANGTANGO
Investment by entertainment group Dainty into client BangTango.
REPRESENTING LAWYERS
Advising on equity buy-in arrangements & takeover discussions.
ONTHEHOUSE
Sale of key businesses into ASX listed OTH.
INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Assisting a well-known entrepreneur exit his stake in an industrial business.
WOOLWORTHS STORE JV
Renegotiate joint venture terms for mezzanine lender.
ROSES ONLY - ANZ & INT.
Sale of Roses Only group to Jack Singleton & others, and various other transactions.
PETROLEUM PRODUCTION INT
USD200M capital funding (Kerogen Capital). NOI in two oil & gas fields.
APG & CO
Purchase of fashion brand JAG from PE group Fusion Retail Brands.
PE DEAL OF THE YEAR
Mark Wilson has been involved in AVCAL awarded leading PE deals.
Strategic Legal Advice
YIELDLY
Acting for a crypto and DeFi start-up on its establishment and commercial arrangements.
FUNDS MANAGEMENT
Advising on the establishment of funds management businesses, including advice on fundraisings, licensing and constituent documents.
START-UPS
Assisting start-ups across various industries, from incorporation through to funding and operational advice.
MINING & RESOURCES
Advising small and medium-cap listed resources companies on tenement acquisitions, corporate transactions and general business.
EXIT OF ASX CEO
Settling exit terms for CEO of an ASX listed company.
DATORAMA
Set up of Australian operations. Expansion.
SOCIAL MEDIA APPS
Software development contracts, sweat equity arrangements.
FAMILY CORPORATE GROUP
HNW family group restructure.
ONEROUS CONTRACTS
Dealing with oppressive / onerous contracts. Release of guarantees.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Distribution agreements, IMAs, carry incentives and back office agreements.
DEALING WITH OBEIDS
Acting for innocent counterparty informed of Obeid leasehold interests.
ESOP SCHEMES
Limited recourse loan employee equity incentive plans. "Phantom" plans.
MIRVAC FUNDS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Advice on downstream investments.
MEZZANINE FINANCE LENDERS
Acting for specialist financiers in relation to various transactions and issues.
DIRECTOR'S DUTIES
Advising Boards on their duties and D&O position.
PUBLIC COMPANY ADVICE
ASX rules. Duties. Risk analysis of key commercial contracts.
DISPUTES
2021
Acting for a technology group in preparing proceedings against an ASX 20 company.
AQUAMORE CREDIT EQUITY
Acting for private lender in enforcing security over a wind farm in NSW.
ADS CAPITAL AND ANTHONY DI PIZIO
Acting for client defending breach of confidence claims where injunctions were granted ex parte.
DIRECTOR PENALTY PROCEEDINGS
Successfully defending director from director penalty notice claims made by the ATO.
TAKEOVERS PANEL
Acting for claimants and respondents in various successful Takeovers Panel proceedings.
BOARD SPILLS
Acting for boards, individual directors and significant shareholder groups in carrying out or defending board spills.
CONDOR BLANCO
Supreme Court proceedings successfully removing administrator who had been improperly appointed.
MINORITY OPPRESSION LAWSUIT
Obtaining Injunction for founder against dilutive capital raising.
SYDNEY POLO CLUB
Various legal proceedings against Sydney Polo Club, Hawkesbury City Council and the Minister for Planning.
DEBT RECOVERY
Various actions to recover debts for creditors.
BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIMS
Supreme Court proceedings to protect client's largest commercial contract.
GUARANTEE CLAIMS
Supreme Court proceedings to enforce guarantee.
ALLCO FINANCE GROUP
Acting for Director following corporate collapse - ASIC Investigation & receiver proceedings.
JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES
Mark Wilson assisted James Hardie to resolve its legacy asbestos liabilities.
CONTESTED TAKEOVERS
Mark Wilson has been involved in a number of contested takeovers.