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Best Lawyers Australia – Corporate Law

Doyles Guide Recommended – M&A Lawyer

Natalie is a partner in our Corporate Advisory group. With over 20 years of experience, she specialises in cross-border and domestic private and public M&A, foreign investment review board matters, as well as funds management work spanning various industries such as financial services, real assets (real estate, infrastructure, and forestry), agribusiness, industrials, life sciences, and technology.

Natalie advises listed entities, financial institutions, investment managers as well as family offices, small to medium enterprises and high net worth clients. Her expertise encompasses private and public M&A, as well as funds-related M&A, covering inbound and outbound investment fund formation and AFSL advice, private equity,private credit, joint ventures, corporate finance, restructuring transactions, capital raisings, corporate governance, and Australian securities law.

Recognised as a highly regarded M&A lawyer, Natalie has built a strong reputation for supporting clients on their most significant and complex matters, achieving their commercial objectives, and solving their problems.

Natalie is also a member of the firm’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) team, assisting clients across all sectors with obtaining approvals and engaging with FIRB; McR Private team supporting family offices and private clients; and Food and Agribusiness team, supporting the growth of this sector from farm gate to table.

Read Natalie’s latest publications:

 Annual indexation of monetary thresholds for foreign investments

  ASIC updates its guidance on regulated emissions units (RG 236)

  Foreign ownership of assets register – annual notification of water rights

  Reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework – a positive change or more of the same? 

Experience

Stanmore Resources

Acting for Stanmore in connection with their acquisition of Eagle Downs Coal Mine and the manager from South32 and Aquila.

Sojitz

Acting for Sojitz in connection with its acquisition of a 70% majority stake in Sydney-based HVAC provider and mechanical service contractor, Climatech Group.

Family office client

Advising a family office on Australian financial services licensing requirements and supporting another family office on a range of corporate matters, including acting as a sub-underwriter to a listed property fund capital raise.

Dual listed company

Acting for a dual listed company on a range of Australian securities law matters and corporate restructures and simplifications.

Small to medium enterprises

Acting for a private client on the sale of a business in waste management to private equity.

Global Beverage Company

Acting for consortium buyer in relation to bid to acquire a global beverage company – undertaking due diligence, advising on consortia arrangements, negotiating sale agreement and related transitional arrangements.

Early-Stage Biotech entity

Advising an early-stage growth entity in the health space in connection with all their corporate governance matters, partnerships with State Government and capital raise.

Finnish pension insurance company

Acting for a Finnish pension insurance company on a variety of private credit investments in the real estate space.